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Chinese Woman Denied Visa To See Dying Father In Connecticut
The Associated Press,
May 9, 2008, 8:59 AM EDT
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Congressman Joe Courtney is trying to
help a Chinese woman get a visa to visit her dying father in
Connecticut.
State Department officials say Hai Hong Liu failed to qualify
for a visa because she did not demonstrate strong enough ties to
China that would compel her to return.
Her father was seriously injured by a hit-and-run driver as he
walked across Route 32 in Montville on April 14.
He's at Yale-New Haven Hospital and doctors have asked the
family's permission to take him off life support. But the family
wants to include his daughter in that decision.
The 2nd District Democrat has a letter to Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice urging the State Department to show compassion and
sensitivity in the matter.
Copyright © 2008, WTIC
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