Revealed: Detroit business owner LIED when he claimed Trump's travel ban caused his sick Iraqi mother to die
- Mike Hager had been in Iraq with his mother Naimma visiting family members
- He claimed his mom fell ill on the trip and needed to fly to the US immediately
- Hager claimed his mother was stopped at the airport, and died just hours later
- However, a Michigan Islamic leader has revealed that is not what truly happened
- Imam Husham Al-Hussainy said Hager's mom died five days before Trump's ban
- Al-Hussainy also revealed the 75-year-old woman had kidney disease in the US
Mike Hager (pictured), who had claimed that President Trump's travel ban caused his sick Iraqi mother to die after she was stopped from traveling to the US for treatment, has been exposed as a fraud
A Detroit man who claimed Donald Trump's travel ban caused his sick Iraqi mother to die after she was stopped from traveling to the US for treatment has been exposed as a fraud.
Mike Hager, who fled Iraq during the Gulf War, had returned to his country of birth with his mother 75-year-old mother Naimma to visit family but while they were there she fell ill.
He claimed they decided to travel back to Michigan at the weekend so she could get urgent treatment, only to be stopped at an Iraqi airport and told Naimma had to stay in the gulf country as she only held a green card. She died soon after, the grieving son claimed.
However, an Islamic leader in Dearborn, Michigan, has refuted Hager's claim, and said instead the 75-year-old woman died five days before Trump's ban was rolled out.
Imam Husham Al-Hussainy, leader of the Karbalaa Islamic Educational Center in Dearborn, told WJBK that Naimma died on January 22 - days before Hager claims.
Al-Hussainy said Hager's mother was suffering from kidney disease, for which she was receiving treatment in the US.
Hager has been exposed after he previously told Fox News his mother would still be alive today if it weren't for the Trump's new ban.