Today's hearing on Capitol Hill produced more questions than answers about why the Trump administration moved to end an immigration policy that allows seriously ill immigrants to apply to remain in the U.S. for medical treatment. (WBUR)
from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services , the agency that has historically processed medical deferred action applications. The letters told applicants their requests were no longer being processed, and that patients — many in the middle of medical treatments — and their families needed to leave the U.S. within 33 days.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., asks a question during a House Oversight subcommittee hearing into the Trump administration's decision to stop considering the requests. Renaud did state on the record that as of Aug. 7, the date that USCIS says it ended processing medical deferred action requests — though it did so with no public announcements — there were approximately 791 pending requests.
Renaud also confirmed 424 cases that were previously denied have been reopened. The remaining 367 have had no action taken. Renaud was unable to say what the changes in policy mean for those pending cases. U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman questioned whether Democrats were trying to score political points by calling the emergency hearing. Addressing Homan, Grothman asked:"Do you believe these folks are here to create an unnecessary fear that's never going to happen anyway? In other words, they are scaring people who shouldn't be scared."
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