It is possible and common for immigrants to come here legally, stay here legally for years and then have legal status yanked with 60 days notice. This is happening for thousands of immigrants. Is it the “law”? Yes. Is it fair? No. Is it good for America? No.
Non-citizens are not allowed to undermine policies of the federal government. Temporary protected status is, believe it or not, temporary. Awaiting asylum determination does not change their immigration status.
Temporary, yes. But not meant to be a tourist. It’s meant so they can apply for permanent status. The Trump admin has canceled all programs that allow those legal routes to operate. The green card lottery has been shut down. No applications are being processed. So if an immigrant came here on TPS hoping to get a green card, they’re being told “go home” you made a mistake coming here. That’s not right.
Congress created Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in the Immigration Act of 1990. It is a temporary immigration status provided to nationals of specifically designated countries that are confronting an ongoing armed conflict, environmental disaster, or extraordinary and temporary conditions. It provides a work permit and protection from deportation to foreign nationals from those countries who are in the United States at the time the U.S. government makes the designation."
Whether the law was used as intended or misused by past presidents, it is an abuse of power to cut off (practically) all legal means for TPS visa holders to remain and then hide behind “it was temporary” after a decade or even 5 years. You know what the most common way these TPS holders are using to stay? The O-1B visa for film performers—except they are doing it as OnlyFans (porn) creators. Is that how we want to vet who gets to stay?
Irrelevant. The earthquake and cholera outbreak are over. A better question is how did the number of eligible Haitians grow from less than 60,000 to nearly 600,000? Haitians are not necessarily desirable. The Dominican Republic built a border wall between the two countries. There are dozens of countries equally as ungovernable as Haiti and the USA cannot take in all of the world's unfortunate.
No no you don’t get it. They were legal. Not here illegally hiding. Legal as in authorized to work with a valid visa. And the visas had been renewed several times. But the Trump admin decided to cancel/revoke them with 60 days notice. Judges have put a stay on some of the cancellations. But others have had to leave not because they are illegal but because we told them to get out of our country. Not criminals. Hard working people who wanted to become citizens. Some were pulled out of their own citizenship swearing ceremony and deported. It’s shameful.
That was a lot in one column to digest. Agreed that this is a sad place we find ourselves in. Many against our will and still others stubbornly refusing to admit it is not great or anywhere near that. Thanks Steve. Sharing.
Maybe I will go to sleep early tonight and wait to see what bubbles to the surface in the morning.
State of Union used to delivered to Congress via messenger on paper back in the day.
This is bs. If they are here illegally they should leave.
It is possible and common for immigrants to come here legally, stay here legally for years and then have legal status yanked with 60 days notice. This is happening for thousands of immigrants. Is it the “law”? Yes. Is it fair? No. Is it good for America? No.
Non-citizens are not allowed to undermine policies of the federal government. Temporary protected status is, believe it or not, temporary. Awaiting asylum determination does not change their immigration status.
Temporary, yes. But not meant to be a tourist. It’s meant so they can apply for permanent status. The Trump admin has canceled all programs that allow those legal routes to operate. The green card lottery has been shut down. No applications are being processed. So if an immigrant came here on TPS hoping to get a green card, they’re being told “go home” you made a mistake coming here. That’s not right.
From: https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/temporary-protected-status-tps-overview/
"What is TPS?
Congress created Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in the Immigration Act of 1990. It is a temporary immigration status provided to nationals of specifically designated countries that are confronting an ongoing armed conflict, environmental disaster, or extraordinary and temporary conditions. It provides a work permit and protection from deportation to foreign nationals from those countries who are in the United States at the time the U.S. government makes the designation."
Whether the law was used as intended or misused by past presidents, it is an abuse of power to cut off (practically) all legal means for TPS visa holders to remain and then hide behind “it was temporary” after a decade or even 5 years. You know what the most common way these TPS holders are using to stay? The O-1B visa for film performers—except they are doing it as OnlyFans (porn) creators. Is that how we want to vet who gets to stay?
No.
In what world is Haiti not still a disaster?
Irrelevant. The earthquake and cholera outbreak are over. A better question is how did the number of eligible Haitians grow from less than 60,000 to nearly 600,000? Haitians are not necessarily desirable. The Dominican Republic built a border wall between the two countries. There are dozens of countries equally as ungovernable as Haiti and the USA cannot take in all of the world's unfortunate.
They aren’t legal just because they weren’t discovered for years.
No no you don’t get it. They were legal. Not here illegally hiding. Legal as in authorized to work with a valid visa. And the visas had been renewed several times. But the Trump admin decided to cancel/revoke them with 60 days notice. Judges have put a stay on some of the cancellations. But others have had to leave not because they are illegal but because we told them to get out of our country. Not criminals. Hard working people who wanted to become citizens. Some were pulled out of their own citizenship swearing ceremony and deported. It’s shameful.
I won't watch it because why give Trump what he wants (attention)?
There'll be write-ups and clips aplenty, so I'll just wait.
So Racket has gone full TDS?
You can like him for me
Depends on who is the deranged one. When T does something good I give him credit. But I don’t sweep his failures under the rug.
This is "The Racket News", not "Racket News". This site predates Taibbi's.
Don’t forget the ™️. It’s The Racket News™️. That way we preserve our trademark no matter how much larger other sites glomming off our name get to be.
That was a lot in one column to digest. Agreed that this is a sad place we find ourselves in. Many against our will and still others stubbornly refusing to admit it is not great or anywhere near that. Thanks Steve. Sharing.
Do not even know how I got subscribed. Unsubscribing.
Thanks for sharing.
"Do not even know how I got subscribed." Kind of describes the whole trump phenomena.
Fortunately, that's easy. The entire site is opinion pieces.