One of the Syrian refugees whose resettlement plan was abruptly squashed Friday when President Donald Trump signed an executive order blocking people from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States is a Reed Smith client who is just a year old.

Sham Aldaher was born in July 2015 with a disfigured face. In June, with help from lawyers and other advocates, she received permission to travel to Barcelona, where a children’s hospital has performed three pro bono surgeries to widen the orbit of her eye.

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