WASHINGTON: The US government announced Monday the end of a special protected status for about 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants, a move that threatens with deportation tens of thousands of well-established families with children born in the United States. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced the end of the “temporary protected status” (TPS) granted to Salvadorans already in the United States in 2001 when two major earthquakes rocked the Central American country. I am happy here – even if I work myself to death.”Now she fears most for her 16-year-old son, who was born in the United States. “But how could I leave him here alone?”In San Salvador, President Salvador Sanchez Ceren avoided criticizing Washington and focused on the 18-month grace period. Remittances from the more than one million Salvadorans across the United States account for a large chunk of Salvadoran GDP.

Source: Pakistan Today January 09, 2018 05:15 UTC