Without any warning, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) abruptly ended a program that allowed critically ill children from other countries to come to the United States to get medical treatment that isn't available in their own countries. Democrats and immigrant advocacy groups are fighting back, but they seem to be more interested in slamming the Trump administration than in actually helping the children.
USCIS announced the termination of this program in form letters it sent to 424 aliens who had requested an extension of their deferred action status to continue their treatment in the United States. The letters informed them that USCIS no longer considers such applications, except from certain military members; and, therefore, that their requests had been denied.
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