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Rep. Nydia Velazquez

@NydiaVelazquez

BREAKING: As

pushes his narrow-minded vision of America by ending TPS for 200,000 El Salvadorians, I’m rallying support in Congress for my bill, the American Promise Act to provide TPS recipients with a path to naturalization and to #SaveTPS.

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Velázquez on TPS Termination for El Salvador

Washington, DC – Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) issued the following statement regarding news that the Department of Homeland Security will terminate Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador: “This...

4:40 PM · Jan 8, 2018

Or that Salvador has been deemed safe enough to send them back.

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This must be stopped.

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Reparations for my Data

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Of course, you hate Americans and America

@Istillwantapony

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Temporary means TEMPORARY. They’ve had 17 years to prepare for the inevitable. Tourism is booming in #ElSalvador. There is no reason to extend their #TPS.

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Approximately 25% of El Salvador’s populace lives here already and there are paths to naturalization already. 15 years onto a temporary measure is just silly.

Motherf*cking Still my President

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You do know this was extended from an earth quake in 2001 right? It's over whooo hooo

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TPS is a TEMPORARY benefit that does not lead to lawful permanent resident status or give any other immigration status.

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Not "narrow minded" but racist. We can handle the truth.

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