Armando crossed the border after Congressional intervention. Hannah smiled when he walked in.
It took days, a lawyer, a congresswoman, a U.S. Senator, and Customs and Border Patrol signing off on emergency authorization. But Armando Rubio finally walked into his daughter's hospital room.
TMZ footage captured Rubio and husband Kenny Niedermeier embracing outside the Phoenix medical center before Armando went inside to see 13-year-old Hannah, who smiled as her father hugged her. She's been in the ICU receiving treatment for a brain bleed that doctors still haven't been able to explain.
The emergency visa was secured with the backing of Arizona Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva and supporting letters from Senator Mark Kelly. Customs and Border Patrol officers in Arizona ultimately approved and signed off on it. Kenny had already rushed to Hannah's bedside by the time Armando got clearance to cross.
The week started in Mexico, where Hannah complained she wasn't feeling well and Armando noticed her face had gone droopy and she'd lost strength on one side of her body. She was treated locally, transported by ambulance across the border, and then airlifted to Phoenix, where doctors diagnosed a brain bleed. Rubio was turned away at the border and couldn't follow her.
Armando and Kenny became one of 90 Day Fiancé's most genuinely beloved couples on The Other Way, with Armando coming out to family and pushing for a life lived openly in Mexico. Watching him be separated from his daughter while she was in critical care hit the show's audience hard. Their GoFundMe has raised over $80,000 to help cover medical and travel costs. Speaking from Mexico before he got clearance,
And as of her father's arrival, doctors still don't have an answer.