Tag: El Salvador

Trump administration reaches deal to send asylum seekers to El Salvador in an effort to deter migrants from entering the United States

Washington Post logoThe Trump administration announced an accord Friday that will allow the United States to divert asylum seekers from the U.S. border to El Salvador, pushing migrants into one of the most dangerous countries in the world. The deal between the two governments is the latest measure aimed at creating new layers of deterrents to the influx of migrants applying for protection on U.S. soil.

Kevin McAleenan, the acting homeland security secretary, signed a “memorandum of understanding” with Salvadoran Foreign Minister Alexandra Hill in front of television cameras in Washington, but the two officials gave few details and no indication when their accord would take effect.

McAleenan, who traveled to El Salvador for talks last month with President Nayib Bukele, praised a “shared responsibility” on migration that was part of a broader deal to accelerate economic development in Central America with the goal of keeping migrants in their home countries.

View the complete September 20 article by Nick Miroff on The Washington Post website here.

Trump wants to remove these immigrants. An ugly bit of history tells us what it could do to the economy

The following article by Andrew Van Dam was posted on the Washington Post website January 10, 2018:

“Mexican men and children who live in corral.” Robstown, Texas, 1939. (Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration via Library of Congress)

It isn’t cited much in contemporary debate, but one enormous, racist episode in U.S. history could forecast the potential economic fallout of the Trump administration’s decision to terminate the residency permits of those granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in the United States.

Between 1929 and 1934, Americans were getting hammered by the Great Depression. As their anger and frustration grew, it was directed toward America’s Mexican population. During the ’30s, an estimated 400,000 and 500,000 Mexicans and American citizens of Mexican descent were sent “home,” often forcibly, by state and local officials, with the approval of the federal government. Continue reading “Trump wants to remove these immigrants. An ugly bit of history tells us what it could do to the economy”

Trump systematically alienates the Latino diaspora — from El Salvador to Puerto Rico and Mexico

The following article by James Hohmann with Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve was posted on the Washington Post website January 9, 2018:

Protesters gathered in front of the White House on Jan. 8 to defend Temporary Protected Status for Salvadorans living in the U.S. (@nostredamnz/ Instagram)

THE BIG IDEA: A Manchurian Candidate who was secretly trying to alienate Hispanics would be hard pressed to do as much damage to the Republican brand as President Trump.

The administration announced Monday that it will terminate the provisional residency permits of about 200,000 Salvadorans who have lived in the United States since at least 2001, leaving them to face deportation. Trump previously ended what is known as Temporary Protected Status for Nicaraguans and Haitians, and he’s expected to cut off Hondurans later this year. Continue reading “Trump systematically alienates the Latino diaspora — from El Salvador to Puerto Rico and Mexico”

Why Trump is consistently anti-immigrant

The following article by WIll Drabold of Mic.com’s “Navigating Trump’s America” email January 9, 2018:

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President Donald Trump’s tweets about his own “genius” have led many to question whether he is mentally stable. The White House now wants to pivot conversation away from the dialogue that has led to days of pundits and politicians questioning Trump’s fitness to be president.

Monday, however, showed that the Trump administration remains far from erratic, with its continued commitment to controversial, isolationist policy.

More than 200,000 immigrants from El Salvador were informed Monday that they will lose their protected status in the United States in September 2019. Many of these immigrants have lived in the U.S. since 2001, when an earthquake struck the small Central American country.

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