Haiti - TPS : Senators Democrats put pressure on President Trump
Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-Brooklyn) said she and Charles Schumer, the Democratic minority leader in the Senate, were lobbying President Donald Trump to find a solution to the beneficiaries of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which benefits people from countries experiencing humanitarian crises.
The TPS, which is managed by the US Department of Homeland Security, provides a sanctuary and work permit for foreign nationals fleeing disasters or violence at home. In the midst of pressure to protect the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for undocumented youths arriving in the United States with their parents, congressional democrats are seeking a strategy to get Trump to extend TPS https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-21016-haiti-flash-tps-extension-for-6-months-official.html
Congressman Clarke said at a recent Manhattan forum that she had had a conversation with Schumer and that he understands TPS "intimately" because many of his constituents are currently protected under TPS. "I believe that Chuck Schumer understands the imperative that there is and will use every opportunity at his disposal to continue pushing for the expanded 18-month TPS that we’re all accustomed to."
