NEW YORK (EFE).
Beneficiaries of Temporary protected status (TPS) in Massachusetts, U.S, celebrated yesterday that the bill that would give them permanent legal residence and a path to citizenship has been re-presented.
Ana Alonzo, member of the Massachusetts TPS CommitteeHe recalled that Tepesianos have been able to continue in this country after the Trump administration tried to end the immigration allowance, as a result of three years of intense battle in court that has not ended.
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Key points There are 42,000 Hondurans who still have the advantage of having been able to work and live in the northern country for nearly 20 years. The current expansion was extended to October next year by the administration of now-former President Donald Trump. |
But the outlook is now much more positive, especially after Democratic Maryland senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin announced on Monday that the Protecting Context for Countries Under Repression and Emergency (Secure) project had been reintroduced in favor of tepesianos.
Current names of TPS for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras and Nicaragua, they expire on October 4, and the Biden government has already renewed that of Syria, which expired on March 31.
Alonzo recalled that the beneficiaries of the TPS They have waited more than 20 years for legislative measures granting them permanent residence, after which they can choose citizenship. “The Tepesian community has been working for over 20 years, paying taxes, they are business owners, employees are considered essential, they have contributed to this economy for over 20 years,” said the activist.
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400,000 people from a dozen countries who have come to the US to escape natural disasters or violence and persecution have obtained TPS. |
The TPS, created by legislation in 1990, has given temporary legal residence that now, according to the National Immigration Forum, includes more than 400,000 people from a dozen countries who came to the United States to escape natural disasters or violence and persecution.
“These people have been following all legal proceedings for 20 years” and every few months they get fingerprints and if they have an “ongoing lawsuit they renew their TPSHe remembered.
On his first day as president, on January 20, Biden proposed a comprehensive immigration reform project, pending presentation in Congress, which would allow “Tepesianos,” as well as “dreamers,” to gain legal residence permanently and citizenship three years later. .
Massachusetts has the greatest number of recipients of the TPS are Salvadorans, a figure that reaches 5,000 immigrantsfollowed by 2,700 Haitians. It is estimated that the parents of 4,200 children born in this state are the children of Salvadoran Tepesians, and 1,000 have Haitian parents who benefit from this program.
On February 23, the Tepesians have planned a march in Washington that will take them to the federal Capitol to demand the approval of the “Context for Protecting Countries Under Oppression and State of Emergency.”