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ARTICLE | Politics & Policy

Administration reverses policy decision on deferred action for patients

September 20, 2019 9:13 PM UTC

Under intense public pressure, the Trump administration has reversed course on how it handles requests to defer deportations for medical reasons, taking the decisions out of the hands of ICE and giving them back to the department that previously handled them.

On Thursday, acting U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan directed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to resume its review of non-military deferred action requests. ...

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