Tag: Salvadorans

US sets deadline for 200,000 Salvadorans to leave

by Paul Handley Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US government announced Monday the end of a special protected status for about 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants, a move that threatens with deportation tens of thousands of well-established families with children born in the United States. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced the end of the “temporary protected status” (TPS) granted to Salvadorans already in the United States in 2001 when two major earthquakes rocked […]