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Sick Migrants Undergoing Lifesaving Care Can Now Be Deported
LOS ANGELES — Maria Isabel Bueso was 7 years old when she came to the United States from Guatemala at the invitation of doctors who were conducting a clinical trial for the treatment of her rare, disfiguring genetic disease. The trial was short on participants, and thanks to her enrollment, it eventually led the Food and Drug Administration to approve a medication for the condition that has increased survival by more than a decade.
Now 24, Ms. Bueso, who had been told she likely would not live past adolescence, has participated in several medical studies. She has won awards for her advocacy on behalf of people with rare diseases, appearing before lawmakers in Washington and in Sacramento. Over the years, her parents have paid for the treatment that keeps her alive with private medical insurance.
But last week, Ms. Bueso received a letter from the United States government that told her she would face deportation if she did not leave the country within 33 days, an order described by her doctor, lawyer and mother as tantamount to a “death sentence.”
“Can This Administration Sink Any Lower Than Threatening to Deport Kids with Cancer?” – Outrage over Trump Decision to End All Non-Military Deferred Action
“Can This Administration Sink Any Lower Than Threatening to Deport Kids with Cancer?” - Outrage over Trump Decision to End All Non-Military Deferred Action - America's Voice
The same Trump administration that is seeking to end the best-known deferred action program – DACA for Dreamers – has quietly announced the termination of all other types of non-military deferred action requests processed by USCIS. Deferred action is a form of prosecutorial discretion that says the U.S. does not intend to deport someone, usually because it has been determined there is no public interest served in doing so, often due to a humanitarian issue such as a child who requires medical care unavailable in other countries.
Despite the quiet way the Trump administration announced the news, the implications are massive on people’s lives and the outcry in response has been loud. Yesterday, a host of Boston-area medical professionals and immigration advocates spoke out in response, highlighting the real families and childrens’ lives put at unnecessary risk as a result:
Michael Levenson in the Boston Globe, “‘Our government has issued them a death sentence’: Children receiving treatment at Boston hospitals face deportation”:
Severely ill immigrants, including children with cancer, cystic fibrosis, and other grave conditions, are facing deportation under a change in Trump administration policy that immigration advocates are calling cruel and inhumane.
Trump Administration Now Targeting Sick Children for Deportation – Rolling Stone
The Trump Administration Now Wants to Deport Children With Cancer
The administration quietly eliminated a program that allowed severely ill undocumented immigrants and their families to remain in the United States for medical care
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AND THIS IS OKAY WITH YOU?? REALLY?
Yea I’m just fine with it. *sarcasm*. No, but I’m not talking about Trump here