Letter Monday: Trump Administration and Caribbean Countries

letter monday: South Florida's congressional delegation and both the state's senators sent a letter Monday asking acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke to renew the program, according to Metro News. The lawmakers said damage caused by Irma exacerbates challenges Hurricane Matthew created last year. Haiti was granted temporary protected status after a 2010 earthquake, but the Trump administration has said those immigration benefits will expire in January. Florida lawmakers also have joined a larger group of congressional representatives asking President Donald Trump to grant temporary protected status to immigrants from other Caribbean countries hit by Irma. The status allows immigrants from countries experiencing armed conflict or environmental disasters to legally live and work here. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.