DHS directs federal immigration officials to resume processing deportation relief requests for people receiving treatment for serious medical conditions
The earlier decision made an exception for military members and their families, but sought to deny relief to other applicants."At the direction of Acting Secretary McAleenan, USCIS is resuming its consideration of non-military deferred action requests on a discretionary, case-by-case basis, except as otherwise required by an applicable statute, regulation, or court order,” a USCIS spokesperson said in a written statement.
USCIS quietly changed its policy around deferred action last month. The agency sent letters to roughly 400 applicants that told them the requests would not be processed and that they should depart the country within 33 days.held a hearing on the issue last week that featured testimony from two undocumented immigrants with serious medical conditions. Both witnesses had received letters informing them their deferred action requests would not be considered.
“It should not take an emergency hearing by Congress — and threats for more — to force the Trump administration to do the right thing,” said Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings in a written statement. “Our committee will continue to seek answers about who was responsible for this cruel policy in the first place.”showed that the agency urged McAleenan to rescind its deferred action authority altogether.
The memo was prepared by USCIS Policy and Strategy Chief Kathy Nuebel Kovarik for a Sept. 9 meeting to be led by acting USCIS Director Ken Cuccinelli. In the document, Nuebel Kovarik wrote that if McAleenan declined to remove the authority altogether, he should at least keep the current guidance halting any future requests for relief.
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