CommonWealth Magazine: Trump administration changes course on immigrant patients

September 3, 2019

CommonWealth Magazine reports that the Trump administration abruptly changed course on Monday, allowing immigrants with serious illnesses to have their denied cases to remain in the U.S. reopened, instead of being moved into deportation proceedings. The article highlights Samuel Fonseca, a Boston Children’s patient grateful for the reversal as it means being able to access life-saving treatment that is not available in his home country of Brazil, even if it’s temporary. Read more from CommonWealth Magazine.