http://www.startribune.com/trump-adminst...478084833/

Quote:The Twin Cities Liberian community's push to salvage a deportation reprieve program for Liberia natives came up short as the Trump administration announced Tuesday it will end the program in 12 months.

Deferred Enforced Departure, DED, has offered work permits and deportation protections since 2007, when it replaced a similar temporary reprieve program put in place during Liberia's brutal civil war in the 1990s. The administration for the first time reported Tuesday that about 840 people nationally now have work permits through the program; that suggested the cancellation's impact might be more limited than feared by local Liberian leaders, some of whom disputed the estimate.

Quote:But in a Tuesday memorandum, Trump said it was time to wrap up DED after a yearlong "orderly transition" period during which recipients can explore alternative routes to stay or prepare to leave by March 31, 2019.

"Liberia is no longer experiencing armed conflict and has made significant progress in restoring stability and democratic governance," the memo said, adding that the country has also bounced back from a 2014 deadly outbreak of Ebola.

The administration in recent months has set out to end similar temporary reprieve programs for several Central American countries. A Department of Homeland Security official said Tuesday that it was now up to Congress to come up with a permanent solution for DED recipients, invoking 1998 legislation that opened a path to citizenship for Haitians on DED at the time.

Quote:Beneficiaries of the program will get an automatic extension through September, but they will need to apply to renew their work permits for the final six months.

Government doing its job. Refreshing.

Darn dyslexia, when I first read the title of the post I thought the administration was ending deferred enforcement for Librarians.

One down, many more to go!

(03-27-2018 07:26 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  Government doing its job. Refreshing.

Not only that, a federal program started, and then actually stopped. How often does that happen?

(03-28-2018 10:54 AM)TechRocks Wrote:  

(03-27-2018 07:26 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  Government doing its job. Refreshing.

Not only that, a federal program started, and then actually stopped. How often does that happen?

The NAACP will add them their lawsuit that includes Haitians more than likely. Make Liberia Great Again!

(03-28-2018 11:25 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(03-28-2018 10:54 AM)TechRocks Wrote:  

(03-27-2018 07:26 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  Government doing its job. Refreshing.

Not only that, a federal program started, and then actually stopped. How often does that happen?

The NAACP will add them their lawsuit that includes Haitians more than likely. Make Liberia Great Again!

But by doing so, the NAACP would be admitting that Liberia is a sh*thole country.