Washington, United States.
More than a hundred Hondurans marched through downtown Washington on Tuesday and gathered in front of the Washington Convention Center White House pnow claiming American President Joe Biden a new one Temporary Protection Status (TPS) for the Central American country.
“This is a demonstration of the support of Central American communities for a new TPS “, Juan Flores, president of the September 15 Foundation, who organized the march, to which they went Hondurans coming from various states.
“Let the voice of migrants, in one heart, forced to come to Washington, but that march should be in depthYes protest against the corrupt political class “, add.
According to data from the Pew Center, some 79,000 Hondurans iare currently covered by the “old” TPS, which was established in 1998 and is being extended until October 4, pending the resolution of a judicial dispute over the cancellation of the program decided by the previous president, Donald Trump.
The TPS is a migration program created in 1990 with which United States concede temporary and extraordinary leave to nationals of countries affected by war or natural disasters allowing them to reside and work in the US.
For decades, these permits were automatically renewed for periods of 18 months, but the Trump administration reassess the conditions that justified its grant and decided to cancel them.
Some of the protesters, who marched from the monument in Washington to the White House, they also protested against the Honduran president, Juan Orlando Hernández, Accused of linking to a drug trafficker atime prosecuted in New York.
“Stand aside (Hernandez), have dignity, present in New YorkSaid one protester.
The vice president of the September 15 Foundation, Maybelle Castell, said her country “is in worse shape than when granted the TPS. There have been two hurricanes, a pandemic and a total political crisis in which our country finds itself. “
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“We were forced to migrate to the last hope, United States“, Added the activist, who also complained about the corruption.
For Flowers and the Hundreds of Hondurans who came from places like Orlando (Florida), Houston (Texas), Sacramento (California) and Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), a new one TPS it is essential because Honduras “It offers no conditions” to be able to come back.
the president Hernandez traveled last December to Washington, where he called for the expansion of the current TPS, which only shelters about 44,000 Hondurans. EFE