ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, the administration has announced that
it will terminate temporary protected status, or TPS, for Nicaragua
while extending the immigration protection for Honduras for merely 6
months. In the coming weeks, an announcement on Haiti's TPS designation
is expected. I am greatly worried about these decisions because over 100,000
Hondurans and Haitians legally residing in our communities could be
deported and forced to go back to the instability and chaos in their
home countries. For years, the United States has been providing necessary funding for
Honduras, which is still struggling with crime and security challenges,
and for Haiti, which continues to be impacted by devastating natural
disasters. This is precisely why Congress enacted TPS: so that we can
provide a safe haven to those who are unable to securely return to
their home countries. Mr. Speaker, the decision to send these individuals back would be a
setback to our bilateral relations with those nations while tearing
these families apart. I strongly urge the administration to extend TPS for Hondurans and
Haitians residing in our beautiful country.
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