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Title: Bush Administration To Extend Protected Status For Central Americans
Source:
Associated Press
URL Source: http://www.fox23news.com/news/natio ... 4A-6F68-41BE-847D-A621672BD50C
Published: Feb 22, 2006
Author: Associated Press
Post Date: 2006-02-22 18:10:46 by Brian S
Keywords: Administration, Protected, Americans
Views: 145
Comments: 4
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration has decided to extend special temporary U.S. residency for Central Americans for another 12 months, a spokeswoman for Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said Wednesday. The decision means hundreds of thousands of Central Americans would not have to return home when their Temporary Protected Status ends next month. Alex Cruz, a press aide to Ros-Lehtinen, said the administration plans to officially announce the decision Friday, but Ros-Lehtinen announced it in a news release on Wednesday after she was informed of the decision by the White House. "We are just letting our community people know because there are so many folks who depend on TPS," Cruz said. The U.S. provided temporary legal residence and authority to work in this country to Nicaraguans and Hondurans after Hurricane Mitch in 1998 and to Salvadorans following a devastating earthquake in 2001. That status has been renewed several times. The residency was due to expire this year amid criticism that the program was never meant to be permanent. But Central American leaders and several members of Congress have been pushing for a renewal. Immigrants and their advocates say allowing the special status to expire would devastate not only these individuals but also their families - and the Central American nations - who count on the billions of dollars the immigrants earn in the United States and send home. Salvadoran President Tony Saca is scheduled to visit Washington Friday. Ros-Lehtinen said in a statement that without a renewal of the special residency, the Central Americans would "face deportation back to a country where they may encounter violence, civil unrest or a homeland still recuperating from natural disasters."
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
This guy just means to give the whole damn country away to foreigners, doesn't he? And he and his lackeys have the gall to call Iraqi War critics "traitors."
You can't win. You can't break even. You can't get out of the game.
They're just doing the jobs that Mexican illegals won't do.
(The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the only true good news)
Sweet baby Jesus - wtf is wrong with this regime?
You're not kidding. Do you think Mexican illegals stay in jobs where they're picking lettuce, washing dishes, mowing lawns? As Sue Myrick said today, "Not just no, but HELL NO!" They're going into high-paying jobs like construction. Now the agricultural sector in California is whining again about a "labor shortage." "The jobs Mexican illegals won't do," indeed.
You can't win. You can't break even. You can't get out of the game.
#2. To: Brian S (#0)
Immigrants and their advocates say allowing the special status to expire would devastate not only these individuals but also their families - and the Central American nations - who count on the billions of dollars the immigrants earn in the United States and send home.
#3. To: Brian S (#0)
#4. To: Starwind (#2)
They're just doing the jobs that Mexican illegals won't do.
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