>>> A GUT WRENCHING NEW REPORT ON THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
IMMIGRATION POLICY.
IMMIGRATION POLICY. SEVERAL SEVERELY ILL IMMIGRANTS
INCLUDING CHILDREN WITH CANCER
AND CYSTIC FIBROSIS IS FACING
DEPORTATION
DEPORTATION DEPORTATION
DEPORTATION DEPORTATION.
DEPORTATION. IT’S NOT EXACTLY CLEAR HOW MANY
PEOPLE WOULD BE AFFECTED, SOME
ADVOCATES ESTIMATE IT TO BE IN
THE THOUSANDS.
THE THOUSANDS. ONE MOTHER WHOSE 7-YEAR-OLD HAS
EPILEPSY SAYS THEY ARE FACING
DEPORTATION IN THE SPRING.
SHE SAYS SHE FEELS LIKE I’M
SIGNING MY SON’S DEATH WARRANT
AND A TEENAGER IS SPEAK OUT
SAYING HE FEARS HE WILL DIE IF
HE’S DEPORTED.
HE’S DEPORTED. >> IF THEY DENY THE PROGRAM THEN
I NEED TO GO BACK TO MY COUNTRY
AND I’LL PROBABLY DIE BECAUSE IN
MY COUNTRY THERE’S NO TREATMENT
FOR CF.
FOR CF. DOCTORS DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT’S
THE DISEASE.
THE DISEASE. THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN HELP ME
ARE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
>> JOINING ME NOW IS RONNIE
MILLER.
MILLER. THEY REPRESENT JONATHAN SANCHEZ.
RONNIE, EXPLAIN THIS TO US AND
TO ALL OF OUR VIEWERS OUT THERE.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOUR
CLIENTS LIKE JONATHAN SANCHEZ?
>> GOOD EVENING.
JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION COULDN’T 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.
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.
ILLNESSES. THEY ARE ACTUALLY RECEIVING
THESE LETTERS IN THE HOSPITALS,
IN THE HOSPITAL BEDROOMS TELLING
THEM THEY HAVE TO LEAVE THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. IT’S JUST HORRIFIC.
THE FAMILIES ARE DEVASTATED AND
REALLY TRAUMATIZED BY THIS.
>> WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT
JONATHAN’S PARTICULAR CASE?
HOW IS HE HOLDING UP SINCE HE
CAME FORWARD WITH HIS STORY AND
WHAT IS HIS CURRENT STATUS RIGHT
NOW?
NOW? >> JONATHAN AND HIS MOM AND DAD
ARE SO COURAGEOUS AND SO BRAVE
FOR SPEAK OUT ON THIS SITUATION.
JONATHAN IS SO BRAVE.
HE’S BEING TREATED FOR CYSTIC
FIBROSIS AND HE HAS ANXIETY
ATTACKS.
ATTACKS. THEY WANT TO HELP OTHER
FAMILIES.
FAMILIES. THEY WANT TO SEE THIS PROGRAM
CAN BE RESTORED AGAIN.
THEY DID RECEIVE A LETTER TO SAY
THEY NEED TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY
IN 33 DAYS.
THEY ARE VERY TRAUMATIZED ABOUT
THIS AND ANXIOUS.
OUR ATTORNEYS ARE COUNSELLING
AND COMING ALONGSIDE THEM.
>> WHAT IS YOUR PLAN OF ACTION
NOW THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED THIS
LETTER?
LETTER? WHAT ARE YOU ATTEMPTING TO DO TO
STOP THIS POLICY AND MORE
SPECIFICALLY TRY TO KEEP
JONATHAN IN THE COUNTRY TO
RECEIVE HIS TREATMENT?
>> WELL THERE’S BEEN A
TREMENDOUS RESPONSE FROM THE
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. WE’RE WORKING WITH MANY
PROFESSIONALS, COMMUNITY
PROFESSIONALS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, ACLU, THE AMERICAN
LAWYERS ASSOCIATION ALL CAME
TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY ON
MONDAY TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
WE’RE EXPLORING ALL LEGAL
OPTIONS WITH ACLU.
WE’RE GOING TO REALLY CHALLENGE
THIS AND FIGHT THIS.
THIS IS INCREDIBLY UNJUST.
WE’RE GOING TO TRY TO STOP THIS
DEPORTATION MACHINE AND FIGHT
THIS ALL THE WAY.
>> STAY WITH ME FOR A SECOND.
I’D LIKE TO BRING IN JUANITA
TOLIVER.
TOLIVER. GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK WITH US.
I’D LIKE TO GET YOUR REACTION TO
THIS WHAT WE JUST HEARD ABOUT
JONATHAN’S CASE BUT ALSO ABOUT
THIS RULE THAT IS IN PLACE.
>> IT’S FLAT OUT DISGUSTING.
AT THIS POINT IT FALLS IN LINE
WITH THE INHUMANE AND JUST
DEPRAVED TACTICS THAT TRUMP AND
HIS ADMINISTRATION HAVE
LEVELAGEDLEVELAGE
LEVELAGEDLEVELAGE ED
ED -- LEVERAGED AGAINST IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITIES TO PUTTING KIDS IN
CAGES AND NOT GIVING THEM SOAP.
NOW HE’S GOING AFTER THE MOST
VULNERABLE SEGMENT WHO COME TO
THE COUNTRY AND SEEK LIVE SAVING
MEDICAL CARE OFTEN NOT AVAILABLE
ELSEWHERE.
ELSEWHERE. IT’S ANOTHER DEPRAVITY OF THE
ADMINISTRATION.
ADMINISTRATION. FOR WHAT?
FOR WHAT? TARGETING THE MOST VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES HERE.
COMMUNITIES HERE. THESE ARE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
WHO NEED THIS CARE TO SURVIVE.
HONESTLY, THE MOTHER WHO SAID
IT’S LIKE SIGNING THE DEATH
SENTENCE FOR HER CHILD, THIS A
REALITY THEY ARE FACING AND IT’S
IMPACTING THE COMMUNITY IN
TRAGIC WAY.
TRAGIC WAY. >> FLSTTHERE’S NO DOUBT THE TRUM
ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING TO MAKE
IT HARDER FOR POOR IMMIGRANTS TO
BECOME CITIZENS.
BECOME CITIZENS. THEY WANT INDEFINITE DETENTION
CENTERS.
CENTERS. THEY ARE DENYING FLU VACCINES.
WHY IS THIS ADMINISTRATION, FROM
YOUR PERSPECTIVE, SO ADAMANT
ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE IT HARD FOR
IMMIGRANTS IN THIS COUNTRY?
>> IT’S ANOTHER ONE OF THE
DISGUSTING PROMISES THAT TRUMP
MADE.
MADE. HE SAID I’M GOING TO CRACK DOWN
AND HE’S TARGETING THE MOST
VULNERABLE SEGMENT TO DO JUST
THAT.
THAT. WHAT’S ABOUT RIDICULOUS IS THESE
ARE FAMILY WHO IS HAVE FOLLOWED
THE RULES.
THE RULES. THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR THE
PROGRAM.
PROGRAM. THEY HAVE APPLYIED FOR RENEWALS
AND WHAT’S ALSO COME TO LIGHT
THROUGH THE BOSTON GLOBE PIECE
IS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
STOPPED OFFERING RENEWALS ON
AUGUST 7th.
AUGUST 7th. FOR THEM TO NOW SAY THIS PROGRAM
IS NOT OVER, THEY ARE JUST
PAUSING IT IS A LITTLE
INCREDULOUS.
INCREDULOUS. THEY ARE DOING THIS TO APPEAL TO
HIS BASE AND FOR HIM TO BE ABLE
TO STAND ON THE CAMPAIGN STAGE
AND SAY, LOOKS, I LOWERED THE
NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS BUT HIS
ACTIVITIES ARE INHUMANE AND
DEBRAVEDE
DEBRAVEDE DEPRAVE
DEPRAVE DEPRAVED.
DEPRAVED. >> YOU TALKED ABOUT THE
COALITIONS HELPING YOU.
I’M CURIOUS IF THERE’S ANY ON
CAPITOL HILL IF YOU’RE WORKING
WITH TO TRY TO STOP OR REVERSE
THIS.
THIS. WHETHER OR NOT SENATORS OR
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HAVE COME
FORWARD TO TRY AND HELP YOUR
ORGANIZATION AND TRY TO REVERSE
THIS.
THIS. >> YES SENATOR MARKY AND SENATOR
WARREN HAVE ALREADY HELPED WITH
THIS.
THIS. THEY ARE OUTRAGED ABOUT THIS.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM.
THE DELEGATION TO TRY TO REVERSE
THIS POLICY DECISION SO THERE’S
A TREMENDOUS SUPPORT AND THEY
HAVE BEEN QUACKED BY OTHER
CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. THERE SEEMS TO BE A REAL