Thread by @sdooling

#BREAKING: @DHSgov has issued the reinstatement of #MedicalDeferredAction by @USCIS according to an email obtained by WBUR and written by a DHS advisor.

Per the email, USCIS is “is resuming its consideration of non-military deferred action requests on a discretionary, case-by-case basis, except as otherwise required by an applicable statute, regulation, or court order.”

A little background; we first reported on the end of #MedicalDeferredAction about a month ago when Boston-area immigrants began receiving denials.

@RepPressley, @SenWarren and @SenMarkey then gathered 120+ Congressional signatures asking @DHSgov and @USCIS for more info.

@RepPressley @SenWarren @SenMarkey @DHSgov @USCIS .@RepPressley then called for a House subcomittee hearing at which she and many other Dem's were unsatisfied with the lack of information provided by govt. witnesses.

Oh, in the meaintime @ACLU_Mass sued for the reinstatement of #medicaldeferredaction in Boston's fed court.

@RepPressley @SenWarren @SenMarkey @DHSgov @USCIS @ACLU_Mass .@RepPressley told us just earlier this week that she was initiating the subpoena process within Oversight committee in an effort to get more info about the end of #medicaldeferredaction.

And @RepRaskin just yesterday scheduled a second subcommittee hearing for 9/26.