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Federal judge, citing Trump words against non-whites, blocks removal of Haitians, Salvadorans and others
Trump's posse figured out early on that their evil, xenophobic efforts to remove certain people from this country would need to take less obvious routes as The Resistance came after their initial attempts. Unfortunately, we continue to learn of new ways they are accomplishing this evil without the involvement of Congress or the light of day.
In announcements in fall 2017 and early 2018, the DHS said it planned to terminate the temporary protected status of immigrants from Haiti, Sudan, Nicaragua and El Salvador, claiming the life-threatening conditions that caused the immigrants to flee no longer existed.
TPS allows people to remain in the U.S. and apply for work permits if their home country experiences a natural disaster, armed conflict or other extraordinary event. However, a country’s designation in the program must be periodically renewed. The Trump administration has taken a hard line on renewals and moved to phase out the status for most beneficiaries.
In addition to the aforementioned countries, the administration has acted to end TPS for people from Honduras and Nepal.
Again the courts are saving these vulnerable, contributing members of our society for the time being.
In a decision [10/4/2018], a federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s plans to terminate the legal status of about 300,000 immigrants who fled violence and disaster in Haiti, Sudan, Nicaragua and El Salvador..... found substantial evidence that the administration lacked “any explanation or justification” to end the “temporary protected status” designations for immigrants from those countries.
.... there were “serious questions as to whether a discriminatory purpose was a motivating factor” in the administration’s decision, which would violate the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection under the law. He cited statements by Trump denigrating Mexicans, Muslims, Haitians and Africans, including his January remark about “people from shithole countries” and his June 2017 comments stating that 15,000 recent immigrants from Haiti “all have AIDS.”
Thank you to the ACLU and others who continue to fight. It's imperative we support these types of organizations monetarily and vocally.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern and Southern California, National Day Laborer Organizing Network and private law firm Sidley Austin filed the lawsuit in March on behalf of TPS beneficiaries who could face deportation as a result of the Trump administration’s actions.
TPS recipients with U.S.-born children could face a difficult choice: Bring their children with them — “tearing them away from the only country and community they have known” — or leave them behind in the U.S.
Sources:
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/03/immigrants-protections-trump-legal-868126