Temporary Protected Status

Syria Designated for Temporary Protected Status

David Leopold | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Immigration Reform, Immigration, TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS, Syria Protests, Syria Violence, Barack Obama, Syria Refugees, Syria Uprising, Syria, Politics News
David Leopold

Temporary protected status is necessary because of the extreme threats posed to Syrian nationals should they return to their country under current conditions.

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A Helping Hand, Then a Slap in the Face: U.S. Immigration Enforcement Policies Cause More Suffering

Marjorie Valbrun | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Earthquake, John Morton, Janet Napolitano, Haiti, Haitian-American, Immigration, Immigrant, Refugee, Immigration Detention, Ice, TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS, World News
Marjorie Valbrun

It was with deep disappointment that we learned last week that some of the people who were evacuated from Haiti by U.S. Marines in the chaotic days after the earthquake had been jailed in immigration detention centers from the first day they arrived here.

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Protestors Agitated, ICE Responded - and a Haitian Immigrant is Released from Detention

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alien Security Check, Caribbean Returnees, Caribbean Immigrants, CARICOM Returnees, Child Citizen Protection Act, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Criminal Alien Program, Department of Corrections, Department of Homeland Security, Deportation, Detainee Transfer Notification, Detention, Detention Policy, Detention Policy Oversight, Dora Schriro, Families for Freedom, Family-Detention, Haiti, Haitian Returnees, Ice, Idp, Iirira, Immigrants Defense Project, Immigration, Immigration Detainer, Immigration Detention, Intensive Supervision Appearance Program, International Office of Migration, Isap, Janet Napolitano, Jean Montrevil, Mandatory Detention, National Detention Standards, New Sanctuary Movement, Obama CARICOM, Obama Detention Reform, Obama Immigration, Obama Immigration Reform, Obama Trinidad, Scaap, Secure Communities Initiative, Trinidad, TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS, Trinidad-Returnees, Home News
Arlene M. Roberts

The announcement by the Department of Homeland Security that Temporary Protected Status - and suspension of deportation - would be granted to Haitian ...

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Weekly Diaspora: Does Coakley's Loss Spell Trouble for Immigration Reform?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scott Brown, Immigration Reform, American Prospect, The Texas Observer, Campus Progress, Haiti, Racewire, Immigration, New America Media, The Nation, Martha Coakley, TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS, Alternet, Home News
The Media Consortium

By Nezua, Media Consortium Blogger Professional pundits and Democratic politicians are in a frenzy over what Martha Coakley's senate seat loss to Repu...

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One More Thing Obama Can Do for Haitians (updated)

Tom Matzzie | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Temporary-Protected-Status, Haiti Earthquake, President Obama, Catholics United, Immigration, Immigrants, Barack Obama, Haiti, Refugees, Tps, Politics News
Tom Matzzie

In responding to the tragedy in Haiti, President Obama wasted no time in initiating one of the largest humanitarian mobilizations in U.S. history.

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Help Haiti? Let Haitians Stay in U.S. and Cancel Haiti's Debt

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS, New York Times, Obama Administration, Washington Post, Debt Cancellation, Haiti, Haiti Earthquake, World News
Robert Naiman

If there were ever a time that these wrongheaded U.S. policies towards Haiti could be turned around, surely that time is now.

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