Washington, United States.
The situation a Central America continues to deteriorate due to the crime, violence, corruption and the pandemic of the covid-19, So it is urgent that the Government a Temporary Protection Status (TPS) per the Savior i Honduras, Activists and politicians said on Tuesday.
“People are fleeing violence and natural disasters,” the representative said Joaquín Castor, Democrat of Texas. “We urge the government of (President Joe) Biden to order temporary protection status for Salvadorans and Hondurans.”
“We know these disasters will get worse,” he added. “These people have families in the United States, they are strengthening our economy and they have put their lives at risk as essential workers during the pandemic.”
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Oscar Chacón, Executive Director of alliance Americas, He said, “nine months have passed since the impact of a hurricane on Central America.”
“The situation in these countries continues to deteriorate due to crime, violence, corruption and, above all, the pandemic,” he added.
For this reason he asked for a new one to be appointed TPS per Nicaragua, the Savior, Honduras i Guatemala.
A similar request, but extended to 15 countries, was made on Tuesday by 30 Democratic mayors of major cities such as New York, Boston, Chicago, Tucson i Seattle.
In the opinion of councilors, it is vital that the TPS be redesignated, rather than extend a prior designation, so that more residents of these cities are eligible for this relief.
In a letter sent Tuesday to Biden, mayors called for the TPS to Afghanistan, Bahamas, Cameroon, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Lebanon, Mauritania, Nepal, Nicaragua, Sierra Leone, South Sudan and Sudan.
The TPS is a program under which the US Government. designates countries where there are violent conflicts or natural disasters have occurred and for this reason a temporary residence is granted to its citizens who can remain and work in the United States.
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The inclusion of countries in the TPS program does not require the intervention of Congress but responds to instructions from the executive branch.
At the start of Biden’s Government last January there were about 319,000 TPS beneficiaries and another 427,000 became eligible for the program since then, thanks in large part to the incorporation of Venezuela in the list.
the Savior it has 198,420 nationals covered by TPS, followed by Honduras with 60,350, Haiti with 40,865 and Nepal with 10,160.
the Government of Biden include Venezuela among the countries designated for the program, and it is estimated that this extended the benefit to some 323,000 people in total, but no designation has been granted to Guatemala.
In early August, the Biden government extended the registration period for Venezuelan citizens, and the Immigration Forum estimates that some 323,000 Venezuelans could apply for this protection.
The period to register and obtain TPS for Haitians began on August 3 and will continue in effect until February 3, 2023, the Immigration and Citizenship Service (USCIS) announced.
The agency’s announcement opens the possibility of another 100,000 Haitians obtaining temporary protection.
The government extended the deadline from 6 months to 18 months for Venezuelans, Syrians and Burmese to apply for the TPS. The period for the initial submission of TPS applications for Venezuelans now extends until September 9, 2022
Since Congress has not intervened to grant permanent legal residency to TPS beneficiaries, the Executive Branch “is clearly making use of its limited powers to legalize segments of the unauthorized immigrant population,” he noted. Jessica Bolter, From the Institute of Migration Policy (MPI).
In addition to this initiative, groups advocating for immigrants are pushing for Congress to approve legalization and a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants.
Among them are those protected by TPS, the beneficiaries of the Deferred Action (DACA) and agricultural workers.