On January 27, 2017 the Trump Administration released Executive Orders banning individuals from seven (then six) Muslim-majority countries and all refugees from entering the country. Thousands took to the streets and flooded airports where people from Muslim-majority countries and refugees were being detained and, in many cases, sent back. Since […]
Melissa Stek
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The deadline for DHS to decide whether to extend TPS for El Salvador is due January 8, 2018. Join us in urging the administration to extend El Salvador’s TPS designation for at least 18 months. El Salvador remains unable to adequately handle the safe return of nearly 200,000 Salvadoran TPS […]
Last night, the Department of Homeland Security made the deeply disturbing decision to end TPS for Haitians, following the recent TPS terminations for Sudan and Nicaragua. A 2010 earthquake devastated Haiti, and since then subsequent natural disasters have marred Haiti’s recovery. Public health crises such as the cholera epidemic, in […]
This morning, the Trump administration announced its decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador. This decision follows the administration’s recent announcements terminating TPS designations for Haiti, Sudan, and Nicaragua, as well as ending the Central American Minors (CAM) program that protected children fleeing violence in El Salvador, Guatemala, […]