Signed into law by President George Bush in 1990, the temporary protected status program once enabled some 435,000 people from 10 countries crippled by natural disasters, war and other adversities to live in the United States. The program provides temporary legal status and work permits to people already in the United States, whether they entered legally or not. An unspecified number out of the total have obtained legal status in the United States, the agency said, and, thus, will not have to leave. Her parents and sister, also living in Florida under protected status, face the loss of their legal resident status and work permits, too, she said. Hondurans working in the United States under protected status account for 12 to 15 percent of remittances sent to the country, money typically sent to help relatives.

Source: New York Times May 04, 2018 17:04 UTC