Is it true that the United States will announce the repatriation of more than 300,000 Central American and Haitian immigrants?

165438+105 According to foreign media reports, the State Council officials recently revealed that the temporary protection status currently enjoyed by more than 300,000 Central American and Haitian immigrants in China may soon be terminated. This means that these immigrants may be repatriated. The US Department of Homeland Security is expected to issue an announcement as early as the 6th of this month.

It is reported that US Secretary of State Tilson wrote to Duke, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, on June 30, 65438/KLOC-0, pointing out that the economic and security situation in Central America and Haiti has greatly improved, and the United States no longer needs to provide protection for immigrants from these countries.

Some the State Council officials said that the authorities had not yet made a decision and declined to comment on "internal and inter-departmental issues under consideration".

It is understood that some people who have obtained temporary protection status (TPS) in the United States have been working and living in the United States for more than 20 years. According to the center for american progress, a Washington think tank, 275,000 children born to Central Americans and Haitians have been granted temporary protection status in the United States.

It is expected that the US Department of Homeland Security will announce on the 5th whether to extend the temporary protection status of about 57,000 Hondurans and 2,500 Nicaraguans. Their current temporary protection status will expire at the beginning of next year 1.

According to the report, although most of these immigrants entered the United States illegally, because Central America was attacked by Hurricane Mitch in 1998, immigrants from these countries were not repatriated. Since then, due to natural disasters and instability in their countries of origin, their temporary protection status has been extended repeatedly.

It is understood that in 1990, the US Congress passed and implemented the "temporary protection of identity" policy. According to this policy, foreigners who suffer from natural disasters or armed conflicts in their country of origin can temporarily live in the United States to gain more security.

However, the Trump administration believes that this is a plan to provide temporary protection for foreigners, so it should not be a means for people to change their long-term life in the United States. The State Council officials said that the program should be stopped because the initial conditions for providing temporary protection to these foreigners no longer exist.

The report also pointed out that this adjustment in the State Council reflects the Trump administration's proposition of tightening immigration policy, including calling for reducing the number of immigrants and strictly enforcing immigration laws.