I think. encourage people to leave Haiti. and we are not in a situation on which there may be a return of the Aristide government. which could stabilize the situation in Haiti. I do not think we should do anything that would reverse that trend. There is no date certain for either the start of this temporary protected status nor for the end of it. which would make it different than any other protected status arrangement that has ever been invoked. They have always had a starting date and an ending date. Temporary protected status is a status granted to those already in the United States. The very nature of the statute. the wording of it. the benefits it confers. the opportunity for work authorizations. all those are implicitly designed for people in the United States already. Of course. in this case the bulk of the Haitians who would be qualified under our bill. not to be sent back to their country at this time of woe. are not in the United States at this point.
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