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September 4, 2019

Trump Admin Partially Backtracks on Plan to Deport Immigrants with Serious Health Conditions
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In more immigration news, the Trump administration appeared to
reconsider a move to force immigrants receiving critical medical care to
leave the U.S. Last month, Citizenship and Immigration Services started
denying "medical deferred action" exemptions to immigrants with serious
illnesses and their families. In letters sent to applicants of the
program, the agency told them they must leave the country or face
deportation. The move came without any advance notice or public
announcement and sparked severe backlash from immigrant rights groups,
medical professionals and Democratic lawmakers. On Monday, officials
said that no deportations had been initiated since the policy change and
that it would "reopen previously pending cases for consideration."
However, it's unclear what the longer-term fate of the program will be.


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