According to McClatchy and The Washington Post, whose reports would be consistent with this Administration’s shameful track record, the Trump Administration has terminated Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for yet another country in the throes of unrest and chaos. This time the country is Honduras, a country plagued by violence, social turmoil, and recurring natural... Continue »
Honduras TPS Decision Deadline: TODAY The decision to end Temporary Protected Status for Honduras is expected any moment. Awaiting the Administration’s decision, Pilar Marrero writes a soulful article regarding how a decision to terminate the program would undoubtedly destroy families relying on TPS. The entire piece is available here and excerpted below: “For... Continue »
Honduras TPS Decision Deadline: TOMORROW The Trump Administration must decide by tomorrow if it will extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 57,000 hard-working Honduran immigrants living legally in the U.S. Nina Lakhani at The Guardian details advocates’ calls to extend TPS for Hondurans and the consequences that will ensue as the country continues to suffer from inadequate infrastructure,... Continue »
The President of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Dr. Colleen Kraft, published an op-ed in today’s Los Angeles Times stating, “The government’s practice of separating children from their parents at the border counteracts every science-based recommendation I have ever made to families who seek to build, and not harm, their... Continue »
Next Temporary Protected Status Decision: Honduras, 5/4/2018, 2 Days As we await this week’s Honduras TPS renewal decision by Friday May 4, 2018, Flora Margolis, in an Op-Ed featured in the New York Daily News, recalls how Trump’s decision late last week to terminate TPS for Nepal affected her family. Read the entire... Continue »
Honduras TPS Decision Deadline: 5/4/2018, 2 Days As the Honduran Temporary Protected Status (TPS) deadline looms, both Politico PRO and Newsy highlight the fear of various Honduran TPS holders and immigration advocates who are speaking out to urge the Trump Administration to extend TPS for the 57,000 legal immigrants from Honduras. Read the Politico PRO and Newsy article.... Continue »
During the “Day without Latinxs & Immigrants,” thousands of workers struck and thousands of students were absent from school Over 100 businesses closed during the march (partial list here)  Photos here Video here Over ten thousand people marched in Waukesha today as part of a Day Without Latinxs & Immigrants statewide general strike. Marchers demanded... Continue »
DHS Decision In Just 3 Days: May 4, 2018 A recording of the release is available here. On a press call this afternoon, a Honduran TPS holder living in Miami, Mayor Bauters of Emeryville, California, and Florida community leaders discussed the importance of extending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for the 57,000... Continue »
Eugene Robinson’s latest column in the Washington Post is entitled “The immigrant ‘caravan’ is a test. Trump wants us to fail.” He puts the current caravan of Central Americans in historical context and calls on America to avoid the injustices of the past and live up to our ideals as a... Continue »
Homan’s record and rhetoric has been disgusting and disgraceful ICE Acting Director Thomas Homan announced yesterday that he will be stepping down in June. Homan has played a key role in turbocharging the Trump Administration’s cruelty towards immigrants. According to Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, “We’re glad to see... Continue »