The New York Times examines the plight of refugees who remain on Manus Island.
Month: November 2017
How local communities in the U.S. are helping refugees
Here is a recent sampling of articles detailing how states and local communities are helping refugees settle in the U.S.
“Local organizations are fighting for refugees” (Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Nov. 7, 2017)
“Building new lives: Syrian refugees find support, friendship from churches” (Baltimore Sun, Nov. 7, 2017)
“Refugee and now U.S. citizen, interpreter helping resettle Somalis” (Joplin, Ill., Globe, Nov. 4, 2017)
Trump sets deadline on TPS for Nicaraguans, defers decision on Hondurans
The Trump administration has given 2,500 Nicaraguans with provisional residency 14 months to leave the United States, announcing this week “that it will not renew the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation that has allowed them to remain in the country for nearly two decades,” reports the Washington Post.
At the same time, the White House “deferred a decision for the much larger group of 57,000 Hondurans who have been living in the United States with the same designation, saying the Department of Homeland Security needed more time to consider their fate,” writes the Post’s Nick Miroff.
“The Trump Administration’s cruel decision affecting deeply-rooted Nicaraguans in the U.S. is part of its effort to roll back TPS in order to advance its mass deportation strategy,” said Frank Sherry, Executive Director of America’s Voice Education Fund, in a statement after the announcement.