Trump ends a temporary immigrant status for several thousand Liberians

[TexasTowelie]

Source: New York Times

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that several thousand Liberians who have been living in the United States under a temporary immigrant status will have one year to return to their country or they will face deportation.

The president said in a memo to the secretary of state that he was formally ending a program that has allowed Liberian immigrants to remain in the United States and work legally since 1999, when then-President Bill Clinton established it in response to conditions in the country after a civil war.

More than 800,000 Liberians were displaced by the war and fled the country. Some sought refuge in the United States.

The program, known as Deferred Enforced Departure, has been renewed for Liberians since, giving the immigrants the ability to remain in the United States without fear of deportation. But in the memo, Trump cited the improved conditions in Liberia as evidence that the program was no longer needed.

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-nation/2018/03/27/Trump-ends-a-temporary-immigrant-status-for-several-thousand-Liberians/stories/201803270171

[truthisfreedom]

1. Ooh, those libertarians are going to be soooo pissed.

Too soon?

[djacq]

2. Whos the Deporter in Chief now?

[RestoreAmerica2020]

3. Thanks for post and link. Deportation hurts families that live, work, worship in our communities!

Snip

[MICHAEL D. SHEARThe New York Times
MAR 27, 2018]

The program, known as Deferred Enforced Departure, has been renewed for Liberians since, giving the immigrants the ability to remain in the United States without fear of deportation.

....Advocates for Liberians in the United States had urged Trump to simply extend the protections. Members of Congress from Minnesota, which has the largest Liberian population in the country, wrote a letter to Trump this month to echo those requests.

“Many of these people have been in our state for decades, and they are an important part of our communities, where they serve as business owners, teachers and health care workers,” the lawmakers wrote, asking for an extension of the program...

[TexasTowelie]

4. You're welcome.

Considering that these people have already blended into American culture, I do not see anything that would be gained by deporting them. The greatest benefit for all concerned is for them pay taxes, employ others, provide services and raise families to do the same.

[duforsure]

5. Where's his Russians ban?

After their attacks on us, and now continued attacks on us now in this country. If anyone is asked to leave or not migrate here it should maybe be them now. I haven't heard of any Liberians attacking our infrastructure sectors like the energy systems including nuclear power plants, but I have heard Russians working for Putin have, so why not go after them with a ban? He instead goes after Liberians?

[sinkingfeeling]

6. They're joining the 262,000 Salvadorians, 60,000 Haitians,

5,000 Nicaraguans, and about 2,000 from Sudan being driven out. I DESPISE this group of hateful idiots ruining America.

[bullwinkle428]

7. "I WILL HAPPILY EXTEND THE IMMIGRATION STATUS OF LIBRARIANS IF

THEY'RE REALLY HOT, AND ARE WILLING TO START OFF A PORNO SCENE BY TAKING OFF THERE GLASSES!"