Senate Democrats to Trump administration: Let Haitians stay
Source: Miami Herald
Sixteen U.S. Senate Democrats, including Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Minority Leader Charles Schumer of New York, are urging the Trump administration not to return tens of thousands of Haitians to Haiti as the head of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is recommending.
James McCament, the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, is calling for Temporary Protected Status, the immigration relief that has allowed 58,000 Haitians to live and work freely in the United States without fear of deportation, to be terminated as early as January.
McCament made the recommendation to U.S. Department of Homeland Secretary John Kelly in an April 10 memo obtained by the Miami Herald. He argues that conditions in Haiti no longer support its designation for temporary protection/. He said the benefit, which expires July 22 for Haitians, should be extended for six months and then terminated.
The senators, including Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida, are calling on Kelly and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to extend the benefit beyond McCaments recommendation.
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