The Trump administration has walked back its decision to deny life-saving health care to immigrants facing deportation, Business Insider

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• On August 7, US Citizenship and Immigration Services eliminated what’s referred to as the “medical deferred action” program, and ordered that any immigrants with pending medical deferred action requests leave the country within 33 days or face penalty.
• It allowed immigrants facing deportation to remain in the US while they or a family member received critical medical treatment, reported the New York Times.
• The elimination of the program caused a ripple of criticism from both immigration advocates and members of Congress.
• Monday’s announcement does not completely reverse the earlier decision but will allow pending cases submitted before the August 7 to be reexamined.
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On Monday, the Trump administration announced it would pause its plan to deny humanitarian aid and health care to immigrants facing deportation.

On August 7, US Citizenship and Immigration Services eliminated what’s referred to as the “medical deferred action” program, which allowed immigrants facing deportation to remain in the US while they or a family member received critical or life-saving medical treatment, reported the New York Times.

The administration did not make the cancellation of the program public, but last week, reported WBUR, immigrants began receiving letters notifying them that deferred action requests would not be processed by USCIS and would instead be referred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. All immigrants with pending requests, noted the form letters, had 33 days to voluntarily leave the country before “removal proceedings” would commence.

The elimination of the program caused a ripple of criticism from both immigration advocates and Congress who decried the decision and called for a reconsideration of the program.

In a letter signed by more than 100 members of Congress last week, lawmakers asked USCIS to “immediately reverse this shift in policy, resume consideration of these urgent requests, provide the justification for the policy change, and provide clarification on the agency’s plans for implementation.”

Monday’s announcement does not completely reverse the earlier decision. Instead, it will allow for pending cases submitted before the August 7 to be reexamined, reported CBS News.

An official speaking on background to the Times said that future plans for medical deferred action were “still under review.”