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ARTICLE | Politics & Policy

Few answers from hearing on medical deferred action

September 11, 2019 11:37 PM UTC

Testifying Wednesday at a congressional hearing, Trump administration officials were unable to explain why hundreds of people with life-threatening conditions have been threatened with deportation.

The House Committee on Oversight and Reform’s subcommittee on civil rights and civil liberties hearing highlighted the plight of patients for whom deportation could be a death sentence, but it shed little light on either the reasons for the policy or how cases will be adjudicated. ...