TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras.- The United States has approved an extension – for another 15 months – of the Temporary Protection Status (TPS) for migrants who are under this benefit. The TPS was also approved, for the same period of time, for El Salvador, Nepal, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan.
The above will allow the beneficiaries of the program, have an additional 15 months from October 4, when the permanent cancellation would pass.
the organization TPS National Alliance, He detailed that the news has not yet been made official, however, they advanced that the extension will be for a year three months.
The measure benefits more than 42,000 Hondurans who have lived in the great northern country for several years.
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There was hope
The Honduran leader Porfirio Quintano he hoped that Congress would extend them a new work permit and beyond, a permanent residence in the great northern nation.
“The original agreement that Donald Trump responded to the lawsuit filed by the defendants in the TPS, Says the judge ordered his administration to give an answer and that it was going to be when the lawsuit was in process and, as the lawsuit is in process, one of those responses from Trump was that he was going to automatically extend the TPS nine months, ”he said Quintano.
The 18-month extension of the TPS, Which was granted to Hondurans in April 2020, expires on October 4, 2021, according to the agreement. “By law they have to be 45 days before the due date, which they have to give an answer,” the Northern California Honduran Association member said. That being the case, on August 20 there should be a response for Hondurans.