Visa for Ghana teen’s mother claimed as Zohran Mamdani cites call with President Trump

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said President Donald Trump agreed to issue a visa. The visa is for the mother of Javits Frimpong, a 15-year-old from Ghana. Javits Frimpong was shot dead in the Bronx earlier in the week. The White House did not reply to an AP email about the claim.

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New York City police said the shooting happened shortly before 9.30 am on Thursday. Javits Frimpong was walking to school in a Bronx neighbourhood then. Police said Javits Frimpong was shot in the abdomen. Javits Frimpong later died at a hospital the same day. No arrests were announced, and the case stayed under investigation.

Zohran Mamdani says Trump agreed to visa for Javits Frimpong’s mother

"The murder of a child is a pain no parent should have to endure, let alone from thousands of miles away,\" Mamdani wrote Saturday on X. \"Javits Frimpongs mother deserves to say goodbye to her son in person. I just got off the phone with President Trump, and he has agreed to grant her visa immediately. All of New York City is mourning this tragedy,\" he said.

US Rep. Ritchie Torres, a Democrat from the Bronx, said Javits Frimpong reached the Bronx a year ago. Torres said Javits Frimpong came from Ghana to live with his father. Torres said the move was meant to start a new life in the United States. Torres also repeated that Javits Frimpong was going to school when the shooting happened.

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\"Frimpong was on his way to school when he was shot,\" Torres wrote on X. \"Our entire borough is mourning a young man who should have had his whole future ahead of him,\" Torres said. \"Every child in the Bronx deserves to walk to school without fearing for their life, and no parent should ever have to endure what Javitss father, Thomas, is enduring now.\"

Foreign Minister Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa said Ghanaian officials in New York were involved. Ablakwa said they were coordinating with local authorities. Ablakwa also said the foreign ministry would work tirelessly with US authorities. The aim, Ablakwa said, was to ensure justice is secured.

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Trump has tightened immigration policy during the second term. The measures included suspending visa processing from 75 countries. The White House did not confirm Mamdani’s statement about the visa request. Meanwhile, police continued to investigate Javits Frimpong’s killing, with no arrests reported.

With inputs from PTI