The group of 26 senators sent a letter to President Joe Biden to request that a new registration stage be opened for TPS that allows Venezuelans and Nicaraguans in the US, who are not eligible for this benefit, to be able to opt for it.
A group of 25 Democratic senators, led by Chuck Schumer and dick durbinnext to the senator Bernie Sanderssent a letter to the President of the United States (USA), Joe Biden, asking him to redesignate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for immigrants from Nicaragua and Venezuela in the United States.
The objective, according to the letter, is to allow migrants from these two countries, who are on US soil but are not included in the program, to be able to register in it in order to request an initial registration for TPS so that they are not deported and have permission. to work without any problem.
The senators, headed by the head of the Democratic bench Chuck Schumer and the well-known Dick Durbin, sent the letter to the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, and to Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, to also urge the administration Biden to make that appointment soon given “the extraordinary humanitarian crises in these countries.”
“A TPS redesignation for each of these countries would extend these same benefits to people already in the United States,” they said in the letter.
For senior officials, both Venezuela and Nicaragua meet the requirements to be designated by TPS in accordance with current immigration legislation.
In the Venezuelan case, they highlighted that the country “continues to be ravaged by violence, instability and repression, and Venezuelans suffer from the historic collapse of the country” led by the “repressive regime of Nicolás Maduro,” the letter says.
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“The humanitarian crisis facing the Venezuelan people has only worsened in the last two years” with millions of people still unable to access basic health care and adequate food, they warned, in addition to accusing Maduro of alleged human rights abuses, disqualifications of opponents and having imprisoned 245 people for political reasons.
Venezuela was designated for TPS in March 2021, and the decision must be made by the secretary of Homeland Security by March 3, 2024 when the current designation expires.
The Government, after a review of the conditions in each country, may extend the designation for periods of 6, 12 or 18 months at least 60 days before the designation for TPS expires.
There are currently more than 400,000 people from 16 countries covered by TPS. According to the Immigration Forum group, among them there are 251,567 Salvadorans, 80,709 Hondurans, and 4,526 Nicaraguans. In addition, up to 323,000 Venezuelans could obtain this migratory protection.
With information from D.W. / EFE
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