The next immigration battle

[DonViejo]

Jonathan Swan 16 hrs ago

Keep your eye on the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program — the next big battle in the immigration wars, after DACA. TPS allows certain foreign nationals to stay in the U.S. because the government judges their home countries too dangerous to return to, either due to civil wars, environmental disasters or epidemics.

The Trump administration must renew these protections — covering countries like Haiti, Honduras, South Sudan, and Nicaragua — which expire between Nov. 2017 and Sep. 2018.

How immigration hawks in the Trump admin view TPS: Successive administrations have abused this "temporary" program. There are people who have been in the U.S. for 20 years because the government gave them a legal status; but under the law, the program for specific countries should be terminated.

Questions they're asking:

Should Haitians still have TPS seven years after the earthquake?

Should Central Americans, e.g. Nicaraguans, Hondurans, who've been in the U.S. for nearly 20 years, still have their "temporary" status?

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https://www.axios.com/the-next-immigration-battle-2481148921.html

[SharonClark]

1. If they've been here 7 or 20 years under 'temporary' status, the solution is easy.

Give them 'permanent' status.

[Hoyt]

2. Exactly. In fact the solution to all this junk is just make those who have been here awhile and

lived a decent life -- which is most immigrants -- permanent status.

[treestar]

3. When they say how long it will

take Houston to recover - it may be that Haiti is not recovered after 7 years.