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Biden renews deportation relief for Syrians in the United States
2021-01-30
[AlAhram] Acting Secretary David Pekoske would extend Temporary Protected Status for 6,700 eligible Syrians through September 2022 and allow an additional 1,800 people to file initial applications
How many of them have been connected to any of the jihadi groups back home or elsewhere?
The administration of President Joe Foreign Policy Whiz Kid Biden
...Candidate for president in 2020. You're a lyin' dog-faced pony soldier...
 on Friday extended deportation relief for several thousand Syrian immigrants colonists living in the United States, an early move that aligns with his broader pro-immigrant platform.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced that acting Secretary David Pekoske would extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 6,700 eligible Syrians through September 2022 and allow an additional 1,800 people to file initial applications.
Oboy. 8500 more potential jihadis for the FBI to keep track of. Well you wanted to get rid of The Donald, guys, so now you’ll get Obama’s Third Term Incarnate good and hard.
The program grants immigrants colonists who cannot return to their countries safely, for reasons like natural disasters or armed conflict, the ability to stay and work in the United States legally for a defined period that can be renewed.

Biden, a Democrat who took office on Jan. 20, has pledged to embrace a more welcoming approach to refugees and immigrants colonists. The stance contrasts with the hardline policies of former Republican President Donald Trump
...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US...
, who rolled back many humanitarian protections.

Trump largely sought to phase out enrollment in the TPS program for immigrants colonists from Central American and other countries but was stymied by legal challenges.
Activist judges gotta active, donchaknow.
Despite his tough stance, his administration twice extended protections for Syrians due to ongoing armed conflict and limited access to medical care in the country. Trump, however, did not allow new applicants into the program.

With Biden's designation, additional Syrians in the United States can now seek protection under TPS. The move fits with his broader plans to expand protections under the program.

Biden also pledged to grant TPS to immigrants colonists from Venezuela
...a country in Central America that sits on an enormous pool of oil. Formerly the most prospereous country in the region, it became infested with Commies sniffing almost unlimited wealth. It turned out the wealth wasn't unlimited, the economy collapsed under the clownish Hugo Chavez, the murder rate exceeded places like Honduras and El Salvador. A significant proportion of the populace refugeed to Colombia and points south...
 due to the economic conditions in that country, although Trump had pre-empted that move by providing the protections through a similar program before he left office.

Additionally, the Biden transition team discussed the possibility of designating Guatemala and Honduras for the program, which could open protections to over a million people.
Related:
David Pekoske: 2018-01-23 TSA Makes Emergency Change To Cargo Rules For Five Middle East Countries
Related:
Temporary Protected Status: 2020-12-22 Biden team weighs deportation relief for more than 1 million Hondurans, Guatemalans
Temporary Protected Status: 2019-11-17 Nearly 80,000 immigrants approved for DACA have arrest records, USCIS report finds
Temporary Protected Status: 2019-11-11 Career Diplomats Pushed Back on Trump's Attempt to End ‘Temporary Protected Status' for Central American Migrants
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