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These Eight Brave Haitians And El Salvadorans Are Suing Donald Trump
March 27, 2018 - 2:40pm
News Americas, BOSTON, Massachusetts, Fri. Mar. 2, 2018: Two brave Haitian nationals and six Salvadorans are among a group of eight who have slapped a lawsuit on Donald Trump and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, (DHS).
Nineteen-year-old Chris Jean Baptiste and 25-year-old Anne Christine Nicolas, both of whom were born in Haiti and now live under Temporary Protected Status, (TPS), in Boston, Massachusetts, are suing to block the termination of TPS for Haitians and El Salvadorans by the Trump administration.
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Boston's Salvadorans, Haitians Form Alliance Over Temporary Immigration Status
March 27, 2018 - 2:38pm
BOSTON — While she is busy cleaning offices or shoveling snow, Doris Reina-Landaverde, a custodian at Harvard University, places her worries aside. She belongs to a labor union and insists the money isn’t bad.
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Leominster residents join lawsuit vs. Trump administration
March 27, 2018 - 2:33pm
Two Leominster residents who emigrated from El Salvador in 2001 through a special federal program have joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s decision to send them back.
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Lawyers’ Committee sues Trump admin. on protected status decision
March 27, 2018 - 2:31pm
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, in partnership with the immigrant advocacy group Centro Presente, recently filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status for Salvadoran and Haitian immigrants.
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Lawsuit Alleges Trump's Termination of Deportation Protections Motivated by Race
February 24, 2018 - 1:11am
Haitian and Salvadoran immigrants sue to keep Temporary Protected Status, say president’s immigration agenda is racially discriminatory.
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Haitian, Salvadoran immigrants sue Trump over decision to end protections
February 23, 2018 - 12:15pm
Immigrants are suing President Trump after his decision to end the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for thousands of immigrants from Haiti and El Salvador.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Boston, looks to prevent the Trump administration from ending the protections, The Associated Press reported.
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Massachusetts immigrants sue President Trump to block end to Temporary Protected Status program for El Salvador and Haiti
February 23, 2018 - 12:13pm
Activists rally in favor of an extension of the Temporary Protective Status program in front of the Massachusetts Statehouse on Nov.
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Citing Racism, Haitian, Salvadoran Immigrants Sue Trump Over End Of Temporary Immigration Program
February 23, 2018 - 12:10pm
Immigrants and advocates in Massachusetts are suing the Trump administration, saying its decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status(TPS) for Haitians and Salvadorans is racially motivated.
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Civil rights group sues US to keep protections for immigrants
February 23, 2018 - 12:05pm
