On a press call this afternoon, Robert Ford, Former U.S. Ambassador to Syria, Rasha Ajalyaqeen, a Syrian U.S. legal resident whose family is directly impacted by this decision, and policy experts reacted to the Associated Press report that the Trump Administration decided to extend but not redesignate Syria TPS — meaning...
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The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, executive director of America’s Voice Education Fund, regarding reports that the Trump administration will extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for the current nearly 7,000 Syrian TPS-holders but not redesignate Syria, meaning families arriving after August 2016 will be at risk of deportation to...
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In just a few hours, Trump will address the nation in his first State of the Union, summarizing what he constitutes as his ‘successes’ over the course of the last year. The nation and an audience comprised of TPS holders, Dreamers, and relatives of deported or detained immigrants, who...
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Yesterday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce published a blog urging Congress to prioritize smart immigration reform that ensures more than 1 million individuals who are currently allowed to work here legally can stay in the United States (200,000 TPS holders, 30,000 spouses of high-skilled visa holders, and 690,000 Dreamers). Relevant excerpted...
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Miami, FL – Marleine Bastien, executive director of Famn Ayisien Nan Miami (Haitian Women of Miami, FANM) issued the following statement as Congress prepares to hear President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address, during which he is expected to discuss immigration. Last week, the White House unveiled a hard-line...
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As America’s Voice digital director Van Le of America’s Voice writes: “In the Audience of Trump’s State of the Union Will Be People Whose Lives He’s Destroyed.” Tomorrow night, Trump will tout the ‘successes’ of his first year – deported parents, caregivers, and community members; and the recession of both DACA...
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200,000 TPS-holding Salvadorans living in the United States who are now facing deportation due to the Trump Administration’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) are now being forced to navigate their options regarding where to go now. The pain and stress is palpable. Relevant excerpted coverage follows: Catholic...
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“Our democracy rests on the bedrock principle that every person is equal before the law” The NAACP is suing the Department of Homeland Security after its decision to cancel Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for approximately 60,000 Haitians currently protected under the program, on the grounds that this decision marks ‘an egregious departure...
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“Immigration and the U.S. construction industry have been doing an odd, mutually beneficial dance for decades” Trump’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 200k Salvadoran immigrants delivers a devastating blow to the construction industry, a field that continually confronts workforce challenges, given its already-stretched labor force. Two pieces –...
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Salvadoran immigrants who have long filled D.C.’s service jobs will soon lose their Temporary Protected Status (TPS) A piece in Huffington Post exposes the painful irony for TPS holders and workers who have been left in limbo by the very people for whom they work: the federal government. Specifically, the piece focuses...
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