yemen to the united states. cnn s dan simon is live for us in sacramento. you just spoke with the boy s father. do they have any hope? reporter: well, jake, i m not sure hope is the right word. but this family is doing everything they can to get the mother over to the united states so she can say goodbye to her child before he dies. time is running out. please help us. get my family together again. reporter: as 2-year-old abdula lay dying in oakland, his mother is thousands of miles away, unable to see him, due to the trump administration s travel ban, which includes five predominantly muslim countries. this is a united states citizen who is going to die, separated from his mother, because because of our own hateful and bigoted policies? reporter: the toddler is on life support. he has a fatal brain condition and is in the final stages. his american father pleading