WHAT HAS REACTION BEEN? TRUMP GIVES 200,000 SALVADOREANS DEADLINE TO LEAVE US
"The idea that there should be a 'temporary status' that lasts for
19 years is ridiculous,"
He believed the TPS law should be scrapped and replaced with a process
in which Congress would have to vote to re-authorise temporary immigration
protections.
Meanwhile, Salvadoreans with the TPS status criticised the decision.
"My life is here," Minda Hernández, a 48-year-old housekeeper
from Long Island who left El Salvador 20 years ago, was quoted as saying by the
AFP news agency.
"This is where my home is, where I pay my taxes. I am jubilant
here - even if I work myself to death."
The Salvadorean government has been lobbying the US to elongate
protections for people from their country living in the US.
El Salvador's foreign Minister Hugo MartÃnez expressed his government
would work with the Trump administration to find a perpetual solution for
Salvadoreans working in the US.
Money earned and sent back to families in El Salvador withal makes a
valuable contribution to the country's economy, the Center for American
Progress verbally expresses. The cerebrate tank estimates that in 2015,
remittances made up more than 15% of El Salvador's GDP.
Democrats in Congress have condemned the decision, with many
criticising the move for ignoring the violence in El Salvador, which has one of
the world's highest murder rates.
🚨#BREAKING 🚨@RepJerryNadler & @RepZoeLofgren Condemn @realDonaldTrump Administration Decision to Strip Salvadorans of #TPS https://t.co/GDLOtynUug— House Judiciary Dems (@HouseJudDems) January 8, 2018
.@realDonaldTrump's decision to revoke #TPS for over 250,000 Salvadorans will not only tear families apart, deportation could expose thousands of them to potentially dangerous and life-threatening situations. We must pass the SECURE Act to provide a path to citizenship. pic.twitter.com/emkzm6ioCr— Senator Cortez Masto (@SenCortezMasto) January 8, 2018
As of today, 14,829 #DACA recipients have lost their protection - putting them at risk of deportation, and being torn apart from their families & the country they call home.— Senator Cortez Masto (@SenCortezMasto) January 5, 2018
Congressional failure to act is cruel & unacceptable. The GOP must step up & pass the #DreamActNow. pic.twitter.com/ztn140iDQa
"Thousands of families will worry about being torn asunder because of this callous and irrational decision," Washington DC Mayor Murial Bowser expressed.
Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto verbally expressed it was "a
poignant reminder that we have an anti-immigrant president who turns his back
on hardworking families and insists on governing by fear and dismay".
Consulates in the US are offering advice to Salvadoreans.
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