Eleanor Holmes Norton: “Mass deportation of Temporary Protected Status recipients today would disrupt our country and theirs. More than 32,000…”

“Mass deportation of Temporary Protected Status recipients today would disrupt our country and theirs. More than 32,000 Salvadorans live in the District of Columbia metro area; and Salvadorans, at 200,000, are the largest group of TPS holders in the country today. TPS designation requires the Attorney General to find ``extraordinary and temporary conditions preventing returning to the state in safety.'' The most recent influx of Salvadorans, one-third of them unaccompanied minors, shows that these conditions have been met for TPS holders and others. With the breakdown of civil society in Central America today, forced return of anyone now would be inhumane. ____________________”