Temporary Protected Status For 200k Salvadorans A recording of today’s call is available here. On a press call this afternoon, experts and advocates, including representatives of the business community, the Salvadoran community and TPS holders, condemned the Trump Administration’s unprincipled decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 200,000 Salvadorans...
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See English version here La noticia de que el gobierno de Trump está dando por terminado el Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS) para 200,000 salvadoreños que viven en Estados Unidos es la más reciente de una larga lista de políticas que buscan desalojar a inmigrantes establecidos y restringir la admisión de recién llegados...
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Detroit ICE Should Stop Deporting Taxpayers and Caregivers, Focus on ‘Bad Hombres’ Cleveland, OH – In the Sunday paper, the Youngstown Vindicator published an editorial against the pending deportation of a downtown businessman, Amer Adi Othman. After decades in the U.S., Adi was schedule to be deported on January 7, 2018. Due to the unwavering...
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See Spanish version here The news that the Trump Administration is ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 200,000 Salvadorans in the U.S. is just the latest in a long litany of Trump Administration policies that seek to evict settled immigrants from America and restrict the admission of newcomers into our country. The following...
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“President Trump Has to Choose.” In response to the Trump Administration’s demand for billions more for a border wall and extra agents, Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, issued this statement: Today’s move by President Trump to insist on billions for a stupid border wall comes at a delicate moment...
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DHS Decision Expected Monday in just 3 days In a piece for La Opinion, Maria Pena covers the letter penned by evangelical leaders, which urged the Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen to extend the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for nearly 200,000 Salvadorans. The piece in its entirety can be accessed here and America’s...
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DHS Decision for El Salvador Affecting 200,000 People Expected in 3 Days Washington Post: 200,000 Salvadorans could lose U.S. residency and face expulsion Oscar Chacón, co-founder and executive director of Alianza Americas, a U.S. nonprofit that advocates for immigrants, said Salvadorans with temporary status ‘should be acknowledged for what they have become’...
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The Washington Post editorial board is out with a blistering piece, calling Trump and other Republicans’ attempts to hold Dreamers hostage to their entire nativist immigration agenda “disgraceful.” The editorial board writes: After all of President Trump’s bluster about his “great love” for “dreamers,” brought to this country as children...
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DHS Decision Deadline For 200k Salvadoran TPS Holders 3 Days Please find HERE the ad, entitled: “Protect America by Working With the People of El Salvador. This morning, the Washington Times ran a print ad, sponsored by the American Immigration Council, which argues from a regional security perspective in support of extending TPS for...
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Congressmen Dent, Costello, Fitzpatrick, Thompson, Meehan Support Legislation While Congressman Lloyd Smucker Has Yet To Act Lancaster, PA – Residents of Lancaster are calling on Congress to immediately pass legislation protecting the livelihood of young immigrants who received legal status through the popular DACA program. An estimated 18,000 Pennsylvanians would qualify...
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