Arab activists ask for Temporary Protected Status for Syrians!

Here we go again.   A couple of decades ago we granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Salvadorans, Hondurans and Liberians.  More recently it was granted to Haitians, but as Mark Krikorian at the Center for Immigration Studies famously said in 1999—there is nothing quite so permanent as temporary protected status. Readers this is one more … Continue reading Arab activists ask for Temporary Protected Status for Syrians!

'Temporary' status to be continued for Syrians says Homeland Security chief

As regular readers know, there has been nothing temporary about this LEGAL immigration program called Temporary Protected Status (until now!). In a long overdue process, President Trump’s Homeland Security Department has been ending TPS for nationals of many countries who have been here for over a decade in some cases. However, TPS for Syrians will … Continue reading 'Temporary' status to be continued for Syrians says Homeland Security chief

Obama extends Temporary Protected Status for Somalis, confusion evident in media reports

Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is one more of those LEGAL immigration programs that needs to be completely reformed or dumped altogether.  It might sound good on the surface.  Of course we can’t send nationals of certain countries home to a devastated country, they should get to stay for 18 months until their country improves is … Continue reading Obama extends Temporary Protected Status for Somalis, confusion evident in media reports

Senators urge extension of (sham) Temporary Protected Status for Liberians

Demonstrating once again what a sham Temporary Protected Status is, Senators want Obama to extend temporary refugee status to Liberians who have been here “temporarily” since the late 1980’s!   Seems to me that the civil war in Liberia is over and this “LEGAL” status for those here originally illegally should just end. There must be … Continue reading Senators urge extension of (sham) Temporary Protected Status for Liberians

Syrians by the “hundreds” arriving in North Jersey, thousands more expected in 2015 and 2016

“Hundreds?” Well, how could that be I wondered, since we are constantly reminded that the unwelcoming US has only admitted a hundred or so Syrian refugees.  It turns out that “hundreds” of those being granted ‘temporary protected status‘ are choosing to go to established Syrian communities, like those in North Jersey, to be with their … Continue reading Syrians by the “hundreds” arriving in North Jersey, thousands more expected in 2015 and 2016