On Thursday May 4, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen announced the impending end of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for some 57,000 citizens of Honduras now living in the United States. The timing of the statement is highly suspicious.
The Trump administration’s decision to rescind Temporary Protected Status for people from El Salvador (as well as Nicaragua, Sudan and Haiti) is confronting migrants with a terrible choice, explained Ramon Cardona in an interview with Dennis J. Bernstein. By Dennis…Read more →
El Salvador is the latest country targeted by the Trump administration’s termination of protections for people under TPS, which provides relief for migrants fleeing humanitarian crises, reports Dennis J. Bernstein. By Dennis J Bernstein On Monday, January 8, the Trump…Read more →
There are currently an estimated 1.1 million El Salvadoran migrants living in the US, which represents 19% of the country's population, which was reported to have 5.7 million individuals in 2007. The migrants are part of the 'Temporary Protected Status' program that was established after an earthquake in 2001. The Trump administration told 200,000 Salvadorans to pack their bags and return home. [...]
