Grandmother in travel ban suit arrives in US

HONOLULU — The Syrian grandmother at the center of Hawaii’s lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s travel ban on people from six mostly Muslim countries arrived in Honolulu.

Wafa Yahia received approval from the U.S. government several weeks ago, according to her son-in-law, Ismail Elshikh, the imam of a Honolulu mosque. She arrived Saturday night, after a 28-hour journey that began in Lebanon.

Two of Elshikh’s five children have never met their grandmother, he said. She last visited her family in Hawaii in 2005.

“Without the lawsuit, we couldn’t get the visa. Without this challenge, my children would not have been reunited with their grandma,” he said. “I still feel sadness for those who are still affected by the Muslim ban, who are not as lucky as my family.”

Elshikh is a plaintiff in Hawaii’s challenge to the travel ban. Yahia’s immigrant visa approval would not affect Hawaii’s lawsuit, Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin said: “So long as this discriminatory and illegal executive order is not struck down, the state of Hawaii and its residents are harmed.” in Union Grove around 7 p.m. Central time, Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth said at a news conference Sunday night. No one was arrested, and no one else was injured.

“They have no idea what happened, what caused this,” the sheriff said after getting statements from friends of the victims. He said at least two of the men were from Aurora, Illinois.

State authorities say John Campbell recently pleaded guilty to theft.

The 48-year-old Cape May man now faces a 364-day county jail term when he’s sentenced Nov. 17. He also must pay $105,000 in restitution.

The former Cape May officer was president and state delegate of PBA Local 59 in Cape May. Authorities say he made numerous unauthorized purchases and withdrawals between 2012 and his 2016 retirement.