Rodriguez: Status Program and People

rodriguez: Upwards of 200,000 Salvadorans are also awaiting a decision on their status, which is expected in the coming weeks, according to The Chronicle Herald. Pablo Rodriguez, who represents a Montreal-area riding, said Wednesday he's headed to Texas to reach out to all three communities after myths circulating earlier this year prompted hundreds of people a day to cross illegally into Canada in search of asylum, fearing the end of the temporary status program in the U.S. We want to make sure that people have all the facts and what we're telling them is before selling your house, leaving your job, picking up the kids from school, make sure you understand the rules, Rodriguez said. The Trump administration has placed around 5,000 Nicaraguans on notice that their temporary status in the U.S. will be revoked in the next year, while nearly 86,000 Hondurans have been given an extension until July, at which point their status could be revoked. Temporary protected status spares people from deportation and gives them quasi-legal status in the U.S., so they can work or go to school. But critics saw it as an overly permissive policy in need of being reined in, something the U.S. began doing last spring. It's extended for things like major natural disasters, such as the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, that can make deporting people a potential violation of humanitarian law. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.