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Black immigrants call on Congress to extend Temporary Protected Status
Will Trump follow through on his promise for a 'day of justice' for Haitians?
ESTHER YU HSI LEE
... The TPS program — which has allowed about 320,000 immigrants from ten countries to live in the United States — is a provisional designation granted to immigrants who cannot return to their homes due to violence, natural disasters, or other conditions that prevent them from returning to their home countries. Since the early 1990s, the program has provided TPS holders the ability to legally work on a temporary basis; although the program does not directly provide legal status, many have been in the country for decades due to multiple extensions ...
https://thinkprogress.org/black-immigrants-tps-6020fad0041c/
REP. YVETTE CLARKE (D-NY) AND ORGANIZERS FOR BLACK IMMIGRANTS HOLD A RALLY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ON NOVEMBER 15, 2017 TO SUPPORT THE EXTENSION OF THE TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS (TPS) PROGRAM. (CREDIT: ESTHER Y. LEE)
Black immigrants call on Congress to extend Temporary Protected Status
Will Trump follow through on his promise for a 'day of justice' for Haitians?
ESTHER YU HSI LEE
... The TPS program — which has allowed about 320,000 immigrants from ten countries to live in the United States — is a provisional designation granted to immigrants who cannot return to their homes due to violence, natural disasters, or other conditions that prevent them from returning to their home countries. Since the early 1990s, the program has provided TPS holders the ability to legally work on a temporary basis; although the program does not directly provide legal status, many have been in the country for decades due to multiple extensions ...
https://thinkprogress.org/black-immigrants-tps-6020fad0041c/
REP. YVETTE CLARKE (D-NY) AND ORGANIZERS FOR BLACK IMMIGRANTS HOLD A RALLY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ON NOVEMBER 15, 2017 TO SUPPORT THE EXTENSION OF THE TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS (TPS) PROGRAM. (CREDIT: ESTHER Y. LEE)