Speech #1140026594

I am proud to know that the community. in the spirit of unity. has come together. We announced at that meeting that our congressional office. working with other Members of Congress. we have filed a bill. H.R. 2033. to accord. to provide temporary protected status for the Nepalese community in Texas. in the United States of America. if you are a citizen of Nepal. If you are a citizen of Nepal. and you find yourself here on some sort of visa. if you are here lawfully in the country. temporary protected status would extend the stay for those who are lawfully in the country. It will not change the immigration status of a single person. It will simply extend the stay. This is the American way. It is not the first time we have done this. This is the American way. When people are here and their visas expire. and they are subject to going back into harms way or going back to their country. which would place them in harms way. we have done the honorable thing. the right thing. We have on many occasions allowed them to stay here rather than send them into harms way. That is what this bill would do.