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Trump Ends Temporary Stay for 250,000 El Salvadorans After 2001 Earthquake

Published by Front Page Mag

By Daniel Greenfield


Yes, you read that correctly.

We’re talking about people who have been given a blank check to stay in America based on a 2001 earthquake. We might as well extend temporary protected status for all of Italy because of Pompei.

El Salvador suffered a devastating earthquake on January 13, 2001, and experienced two more earthquakes on February 13 and 17, 2001. Based on a thorough review by the Departments of State and Justice, the Attorney General has determined that, due to the environmental disaster and substantial disruption of living conditions caused by the earthquakes, El Salvador is “unable, temporarily, to handle adequately the return” of its nationals.

Accordingly, the Attorney General has determined that conditions in El Salvador warrant the designation of El Salvador under the TPS program. This order will designate El Salvador under the TPS program for an initial period of 18 months. 

And eighteen months then became 17 years.

Nationals of El Salvador (and aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in El Salvador) who have been “continuously physically present” in the United States since March 9, 2001, and have “continuously resided” in the United States since February 13, 2001, may apply for TPS within the registration period that begins on March 9, 2001 and ends on September 9, 2002.

See the full story here.

January 8, 2018

Link: https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/268959/trump-ends-temporary-stay%C2%A0-250000-el-salvadorans-daniel-greenfield



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