Federal refugee resettlement contractors blast Trump for ending 'temporary' status for Salvadorans

The Temporary Protected Status (legal!) program is designed to give a break (usually 18 months) for nationals, from another country who are already in the US when the natural disaster or civil war happens, to stay here until the country is on its feet again. In March, Salvadorans (and El Salvador), will have had a … Continue reading Federal refugee resettlement contractors blast Trump for ending 'temporary' status for Salvadorans

The US Chamber of Commerce wants laborers, no concern for you, as they tell Trump to extend ‘temporary’ refugee program

Temporary Protected Status is yet one more LEGAL way to get and keep the US immigrant population high.  It is not truly a refugee program, but was designed to give TEMPORARY protection to foreign nationals who happened to be in the US when some big event happened back home—like a hurricane, earthquake or civil war. … Continue reading The US Chamber of Commerce wants laborers, no concern for you, as they tell Trump to extend ‘temporary’ refugee program

Temporary Ebola 'refugees' to be sent back to Africa (maybe)

I recently reported on our ‘Temporary Protected Status‘ program which allows migrants who got in to the US through some other means to legally stay if some big catastrophe happens in their home country while they are here (sometimes illegally!).  As I write, demonstrations are being held around the US in an effort to keep … Continue reading Temporary Ebola 'refugees' to be sent back to Africa (maybe)

Temporary refugees sent $1.3 billion back to Haiti in 2015, expert tells Tucker

At first I didn’t think they were going to get to the crux of the matter when Tucker Carlson last night grilled Steve Forester, an attorney for the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, about the upcoming Trump decision about whether to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti (we mentioned it here the … Continue reading Temporary refugees sent $1.3 billion back to Haiti in 2015, expert tells Tucker

Haitian 'temporary' refugees to test Trump's resolve on immigration

I’ve written about ‘Temporary Protected Status’ over the years as a side issue here at RRW.  But, like the Diversity Visa Lottery, it begs for more attention from some intrepid wannabe blogger who should take on the issue as a sole priority and really do it justice. TPS is basically a scam, it is rarely … Continue reading Haitian 'temporary' refugees to test Trump's resolve on immigration