Last month, the Trump administration said it would gravely ill immigrants here temporarily for medical care. This week, it backtracked a little. But 20 Attorneys General sent a to the administration saying they鈥檙e not satisfied.
The to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services expressed 鈥渁larm and grave concern鈥� over the ending of the policy. It had previously allowed these patients and their families stay in the country while they recover or receive treatment.
Earlier this week, the immigration agency took back and announced it would review any requests that were already pending as of August 7th. But the fate of future requests is still uncertain. And that鈥檚 what has the attorneys general concerned.
is Colorado鈥檚 Democratic Attorney General and he signed onto the letter.
鈥淲e鈥檝e always let people into our country when they needed health care,鈥� he said, 鈥渁nd why we would stop doing that is something that honestly puzzles me and saddens me.鈥�
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services declined to be interviewed. But the agency鈥檚 this week said limiting its role in deferred action is 鈥渁ppropriate鈥� and that it would free up employees to 鈥渁ddress other types of legal immigration applications on a more efficient basis.鈥�
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