Decision could spell deportation for these 250,000 immigrants

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the Heartless 'presidency'

(CNN)They number upwards of 250,000.

They've lived legally in the United States for nearly two decades.

And now, they have less than two years to leave, find another legal way to stay or face deportation.

The Department of Homeland Security announced Monday it is ending "temporary protected status" for Salvadorans.

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/06/politics/el-salvador-tps-immigration/index.html

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1. This is a real tragedy. Hundreds of thousands of people who worked hard, created business and work,

paid taxes, bought homes and cars, had families and American-born children.

This will not benefit anyone. It will hurt the immigrants, El Salvador, and yes, America too.

All so he can please his deplorable base.

[spanone]

3. i heard on NPR that the admin is debating whether to split up families....heartless

he would probably kill off that many to 'satisfy' his deplorable base

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6. How is this NOT spliting them? The kids are American citizens. The dilema for the parents

is to take the children back with them when they are deported so the family is together, but that's sending them to a strange country with no future for them; or leave them...(with whom?) and split the family.

And something else...they are not wanted back in El Salvador. El Salvador is a small, tiny country. An influx of 250+ people will create a disaster. Crime, joblessness and poverty will get much, much worse than it is now.

[lunamagica]

2. Sad how little attention this thread is receiving

[blogslut]

4. El Salvador is a mess right now

Link to tweet

john r stanton ‏Verified account
@dcbigjohn

As recently as August 28, 2017, a federal judge ruled there is no functional government in El Salvador and that US gangs like MS13 and Mara 18 rule most of the country through violence and rape

https://www.buzzfeed.com/johnstanton/a-young-woman-was-tortured-and-raped-after-being-turned?utm_term=.fmDvGb6kw#.ywKvVAdYJ

From the article:

...So she fled north, seeking asylum in the US. But once she arrived, instead of a safe haven she found a skeptical immigration system that rejected her request and deported her back to El Salvador, in part because she couldn’t prove she faced persecution back home — something that would only change after she’d been tortured and raped.

Within months, she had been brutally beaten and raped by the gang leader, who declared her his property. The attack meant she could finally return to the US and prove her asylum case.

“We can’t give them legal protection until they’re raped.”
Almost 10 months after returning, she is free, but only after struggling against immigration laws that weren’t written with victims like her — a target of an international criminal gang — in mind, and that make it nearly impossible for someone who has been deported to ever gain asylum. It took three tries to gain asylum, three times paying smugglers to take her on the dangerous journey across the border; finally in August, a judge blocked her deportation under an international treaty typically used to give criminal snitches sanctuary for their cooperation. But even that didn’t end things: The Trump administration made her wait in jail nearly a month before agreeing to not appeal her case...

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5. Another day, another sadistic evil act.