Originally published by WBUR.org It’s been a year since federal immigration authorities re-started what’s known as medical deferred action after quietly trying to eliminate it without any public notice. Medical deferrals allow severely ill people who don’t have legal status in the U.S. — and who can’t access adequate health care in their home countries...Read More

Originally published on The American Constitution Society We come to this issue as mothers and immigration attorneys with more than thirty-five years of experience in the field and intimate knowledge of a policy known as deferred action. Deferred action is a kind of prosecutorial discretion once housed in the Immigration and Naturalization Service and now...Read More

Originally from The Philadelphia Inquirer Fabian Flores Alameda is not yet 3, too young to comprehend the lethality of the cancer that pummels his small body or the nature of the crisis that confronts his immigrant parents. He has multiple lesions in his skull. A plaster cast envelops his weakened left leg, which fractured as...Read More