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The six countries 300,000 immigrants must return to with end of TPS program

Trump administration ending Temporary Protected Status for 300,000 legal immigrants, forcing them to return to countries beset by violence and poverty.

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The six countries 300,000 immigrants must return to with end of TPS program | whas11.com

The six countries 300,000 immigrants must return to with end of TPS program | whas11.com

Rioting in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince grew so intense in July that the U.S. sent in the Marines to secure U.S. interests there, according to CNN.

That unrest forced the nation’s prime minister to resign, just the latest step in a seemingly never-ending series of calamities plaguing the country.

First designated for TPS following the catastrophic earthquake in 2010 that killed more than…

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What will happen to El Salvador when the U.S. ends the protected status of Salvadoran immigrants?

By Jesse Acevedo, Washington Post, February 22, 2018

Last month, the Trump administration announced that it will end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for immigrants from El Salvador. TPS allows an estimated 200,000 Salvadorans to live and work in the United States. Like immigrants around the globe, Salvadorans send home remittances--a portion of their paychecks goes back to their country of origin, usually to help family members.

If the TPS program ends in September 2019, as currently planned, there are concerns that a drop in these remittances could result in increased poverty in El Salvador. In 2017, Salvadorans sent back an estimated $5.02 billion, 18.3 percent of the country’s GDP, the third-highest share in Latin America behind Haiti and Honduras, which are also TPS countries.

Salvadorans largely spend these funds on basic needs, along with health and education expenses. With remittances so important to the country’s social and economic life, what are the political ramifications? What happens when remittances fall?