on May 23, 2016 in World News
Rep. Gutiérrez Presses Obama Admin. To Extend Temporary Legal Status to Ecuadorians
by Caroline May Following last month’s earthquake in Ecuador, Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) is again calling on the Obama administration to shield potentially hundreds of thousands of Ecuadorians from deportation. “It has already taken longer than it should have to grant [Temporary Protected Status] – more than a month since the terrible earthquakes rocked Ecuador,” Gutiérrez said Monday. “I am asking [Homeland Security Sec. Jeh Johnson] to take action as quickly as possible to lift the uncertainty facing Ecuadorians in the U.S. who might be deported.” Temporary Protected Status is an immigration benefit granted to nationals of foreign countries that… View Article
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