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El Salvador Lobbies Washington on 'Dreamers' and TPS

by Gioconda Tapia Reynolds

   A political delegation from El Salvador, led by its foreign minister,
   is meeting here this week with U.S. lawmakers to seek their help in
   extending two programs that shield the country's nationals in the
   United States from deportation.
   "Our main concern is the 28,000 young people who are protected by
   DACA," Foreign Minister Hugo MartĂnez said in a phone interview
   Wednesday, speaking about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
   program.
   Those young Salvadorans are among almost 800,000 undocumented young
   people who were brought to the United States as children. The U.S.
   Justice Department announced last week that it would rescind the 2012
   Obama-era program whose registrants have been allowed to study and work
   in the United States. President Donald Trump met with top congressional
   Democrats -- Senator Charles Schumer and Representative Nancy Pelosi --
   over dinner Wednesday at the White House [1]to discuss DACA and other
   issues.

   In meetings scheduled Wednesday through Friday, the delegation also is
   lobbying for extension of temporary protected status, or TPS, for
   roughly 200,000 Salvadoran nationals. Their status is set to expire
   March 9.

   El Salvador is among 10 countries currently designated by Homeland
   Security for TPS because of [2]dangerous conditions, such as ongoing
   conflict or natural or environmental disasters. It was the first to
   receive TPS after the program's 1990 start, because of the country's
   civil war, and in 2001 after a series of earthquakes.

   Each country undergoes [3]periodic review to determine whether its
   citizens living in the United States still should qualify for the
   status and work authorization.
   This report originated in VOA's Spanish Service.

References

   1. https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-fairly-close-to-daca-deal-/4028651.htm
   2. http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/temporary-protected-status-united-states-grant-humanitarian-relief-less-permanent
   3. https://www.voanews.com/a/us-tps-immigration-protected-status/4027391.html