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Miami herald picked it up, ultimately "the new york times" did a front page story on one of these cases that had a very big impact. as weve seen the coverage of this story spread out, theres been a real uproar, and the trump administration sort of pulled back. they never announced the policy change in the first place. they then announced essentially they wouldnt go forward with the deportation threats they had issued in these letters. do you have any understanding, though, of the status of this ...

Morning. the coast guard confirmed five crew members who were on board at the time of the fire jumped off the ship into an inflatable boat and were rescued by a nearby vessel. 34 of the 39 aboard the boat were sleeping below deck when the fire actually broke out. the national transportation safety board said the agency was sending a team to investigate. authorities say there is no immediate evidence, though, of a criminal act. all right. the white house announced monday that it would reconside...

34 were sleeping below deck when the fire officially broke out. the national transportation safety board says the agency was sending a team to investigate. authorities say there is no immediate evidence of a criminal act. the white house announced monday it would reconsider its decision to force immigrants facing life-threatening illnesses to return to their home countries. the announcement came after the administration suddenly and quietly halted the protections for six migrants last month, s...

Anyone. so its just cruelty upon cruelty. >> well, along that theme the boston globe revealed this week that the administration is trying to end the medical deferred action program. >> yes. >> so if your child or someone is having surgery, in this case in boston hospitals that they were finding, that the administration is actually trying to deport these people. >> thats right. so yet another example and we all saw they -- i think a 16-year-old boy who is given 30 days to get out of our country s...

Hawaii. >> yes. >> and theres an economic side of this question that the trump administration seems to ignore. >> thats because they are blinded in their desire to bring about cruelty to visit cruelty on migrants and you just talked to a congresswoman perry about whats happening on the border so its a long line of actions taken by this administration. and some of them totally gratuitous, lawrence. there is a parole program for filipino world war ii veterans put in place by president obama. theyv...

Removed the threat of deportation temporarily for immigrant families facing serious illnesses such as cancer. they have obtained several of the letters that have been sent to families where somebody is receiving medical care. "the herald" reviewed the case of a man whose child had cancer. the man received a rejection letter for his application to the medical deferred action program on august 13. the man says he is desperate to stay in the country and to remain with his daughter. as i said, we ar...

Of a man whose child had cancer. the man received a rejection letter for his application to the medical deferred action program on august 13. the man says he is desperate to stay in the country and to remain with his daughter. as i said, we are just seeing these initial news reports that these news stories are emerging locally where families are telling the local press, they are telling public officials that they have received these letters from the trump administration, essentially demanding th...

For his rare disease is not available where hes from, where theyre from. his mother says about her son, quote, if he has to move to brazil, thats it. meaning hell die. she has been relying on the same program, medical deferred action, to keep her son in treatment, to manage her sons condition, to keep him alive. well, last week samuels mother got an unexpected letter from u.s. citizenship and immigration services telling her that thats all over now. the agency will no longer renew any applicatio...

Just when we thought that the administration couldnt sink to any lower depths they find a new way to torture immigrant children and families. ending this medical deferred action program is really cruel and unjust. families like the sanchez are receiving families to say they have 33 days to leave the united states or they face deportation. many of these children are receiving treatment for cancer and for other life threatening illnesses. they are actually receiving these letters in the hospitals,...

Any applications to stay here under the medical deferred action program. even if your child will die without it. the letter says, quote, you are not authorized to remain in the united states. it then said that samuel and his mother have 33 days to leave this country. 33 days. and so now kids like samuel and joaquin and jonathan are facing what amounts to a literal death sentence. this is not something that the trump administration announced with great fanfare. families all over the country just ...