Politico Pro
By Ted Hesson
March 13, 2018
Nineteen state attorneys general sent a letter to congressional leaders today that urged them to pass legislation to allow Salvadorans and Haitians with temporary protected status to remain in the United States.
TPS allows people to live and work in the U.S. if their home countries have been affected by a natural disaster, armed conflict or other extraordinary event, but a country’s designation must be renewed periodically.
The Homeland Security Department announced in November that it would phase out the status for roughly 59,000 Haitians. In January, the administration said it would also sunset the program for 263,000 people from El Salvador.
The attorneys general argued that TPS recipients “have become valued members” of their communities and will see their safety jeopardized if they’re returned home.
“Unless Congress acts to protect these individuals, families will be torn apart, our communities will be harmed, and hundreds of thousands of long-time residents will have to return to countries that are not safe or prepared to take them in,” the officials wrote.
The letter was signed by attorneys general from California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and the District of Columbia.
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