Sick, Leave

NYT: Sick Immigrants Tell Their Stories to Congress. “The fate of the immigrants, who all came to the United States legally, remains unclear more than a month after they were first informed by letter that they would have to leave — only to be told early this month that the government would reconsider. ‘If I’m sent back, I will die,’ Maria Isabel Bueso, 24, of Guatemala, told lawmakers on Wednesday.” (Feel safer?)

+ “By a vote of 7-2, the justices said the administration can enforce a rule announced in July requiring migrants to first seek asylum in the country through which they traveled to get to the United States, commonly referred by U.S. officials as ‘a third country.'” NPR: Supreme Court Allows Government To Curtail Asylum Requests During Legal Fight.