Tuesday, January 9, 2018

First the Haitians, now the Salvadorans

The move, announced on Monday by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), gave Salvadoran holders of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) until September 9, 2019, to leave or find a legal way to stay in the country.

The US government had originally granted Salvadorans special protection status after two earthquakes killed nearly 8,000 people in 2001.

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"Based on careful consideration of available information, including recommendations received as part of an inter-agency consultation process, the Secretary determined that the original conditions caused by the 2001 earthquakes no longer exist," the DHS said in a statement.

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In its statement, the DHS also said it had determined that El Salvador could successfully reintegrate its nationals.

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"Three hundred people leave El Salvador daily as migrants in search of a better future," argued Edwin Murillo, who lives in the US state of Texas but is originally from San Salvador.

"If 300 people are leaving daily, because the living conditions are not suitable, then how is it possible that the Trump administration has decided to force thousands of Salvadorans to return?"

  alJazeera
US response, probably: That's not our problem.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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