If Juan arrived today, he would likely be turned away at the border without any questions asked. And even if he made it to a government official and asked for protection, he would be turned away. He would not win the protection he is eligible for under existing law, and he most certainly would not have been eligible for a kidney transplant. In other words, under the administration's proposed “public-health-driven” changes to asylum, Juan would've been denied both protection and life-saving medical services.

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