By George Voyager
I genuinely wish I was making this up. Because every normal human being in this country wishes this was not true. It is.
"When you’ve already separated families, thrown children in cages, and
held them in conditions that “could be compared to torture facilities,”
it’s a bit of a challenge to come up with your next act. Evil takes
creativity, and once you’ve forced migrant kids to go weeks without a
shower or change of clothes and fed them expired food, it’s tough to
continue nailing those Hitler comparisons. Somehow, though, the Trump administration always rises to the occasion:
Immigrant advocates in Boston say federal authorities are unfairly
ordering foreign-born children granted special immigration status for
medical treatment to return to their countries. The Irish International
Immigrant Center says it’s aware of at least five local families who
have received notices this month to leave the U.S. within 33 days. The
families have “medical deferred action,” which enables them to receive
government-funded health care and work legally while their children
receive medical treatment…. Advocates say similar notices have been
recently issued in California, North Carolina, and other states.
The new policy is reportedly a major departure from long-standing legal
practice; for decades, the federal government has used it to exercise
discretion where a little humanity is warranted, like when a child is
critically ill and will die if ordered to leave the country.
Unfortunately for such children, humanity is not part of the Trump
administration’s agenda. Per the Boston Globe:
Consider the case
of Marie and her 13-year-old son. They were visiting Boston in 2013 when
the boy fell ill. He was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia, a genetic
condition for which he’s been treated at Boston Medical Center. She
filed for medical deferred action almost immediately and they were
approved in 2017. The status, valid for two years, meant she could get a
work permit and he would be granted MassHealth and afford access to
life-saving care. She is required to bring him into BMC for monitoring
every two months; otherwise acute problems might arise that can result
in brain damage or kidney failure, she said. Last week, Marie got a
denial letter from US Citizenship and Immigration Services after filing
for a renewal. They were instructed to leave within 33 days or else risk
deportation."
What is this person made of?
I rest my case: VOTE BLUE in 2020 to get the Hitlerian menace of Trump off our necks!
