The Administration’s Apparent Revocation of Medical Deferred Action for Critically Ill Children
CHAIRMAN RASKIN'S OPENING STATEMENT
PURPOSE
The Subcommittee will hold a hearing to examine the impact of the Trump Administration’s decision to end consideration of non-military deferred action requests, including for children with critical illnesses.
BACKGROUND
On September 2, 2019, the Administration announced that it would reconsider a limited set of deferred action requests that were pending on or before August 7, 2019. The Administration did not explain whether it plans to grant those requests or whether requests submitted after August 7 would be considered at all. Families that applied after August 7 may need to decide within days whether to stay and risk deportation or leave the country and end life-saving treatment for their children.
WITNESSES
Panel One
Ms. Maria Isabel Bueso
Concord, CA
Mr. Jonathan Sanchez
Boston, MA
Ms. Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia
Clinical Professor of Law
Director, Center for Immigrants' Rights Clinic
Penn State Law School
Dr. Fiona S. Danaher, MD, MPH
Pediatrician, MGH Chelsea Pediatrics and MGH Child Protection Program
Co-Chair, MGH Immigrant Health Coalition
Massachusetts General Hospital for Children
Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Mr. Anthony Marino
Director, Immigration Legal Services, on behalf of Irish International Immigrant Center
Mr. Thomas Homan
Former Director, U.S. Immigration and Customers Enforcement
Panel Two
Mr. Timothy Robbins
Acting Executive Associate Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Mr. Daniel Renaud
Associate Director, Field Operations Directorate
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Department of Homeland Security