Posted on 07/02/2018 11:12:11 AM PDT by Ronald_Magnus
Puerto Ricans who fled Hurricane Marias devastation and have been living in temporary housing on the mainland were granted a reprieve Saturday night when a federal judge temporarily blocked the government from ending an assistance program that was set to expire.
U.S. District Judge Leo T. Sorokin of Massachusetts ordered that the Federal Emergency Management Agency cannot end its Transitional Sheltering Assistance (TSA) program until at least midnight Tuesday, meaning those depending on the aid to pay for hotel and motel rooms should be able to stay at least until check-out time Wednesday, according to online court records.
The national civil-rights group that filed a lawsuit Saturday seeking the restraining order said the end of the FEMA assistance would lead to Puerto Rican evacuees being evicted. The temporary restraining order affects around 1,744 people, an attorney involved in the suit said. The FEMA transitional assistance was to end Saturday.
"Basically theres a bunch of people who may be in bed now who think they have to move tomorrow. They can wake up tomorrow knowing they have a roof over their head for at least two more days," Christiaan Perez, manager of advocacy and digital strategy for the civil-rights group, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, said Saturday night.
The judge scheduled a telephone hearing for Monday.
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They should have been kicked out of bed months ago. Lazy bums should have been out repairing and building their homes all this time.
Why can Americans (TEXANS) just shrug their shoulders, roll up their sleeves and go to work after being devastated by a hurricane but Puerto Ricans need a babysitter to nurse them through and convince them to get on with their lives? Receiving a piece of paper from the State Department does not make someone an American. Being an American takes a lot more effort than that.
Four days adds up to a lot of your tax dollars.
Judge changes the week from 7 to 8 days to give a day to worship the government.
While I agree in principle, this isn't the time to do that.
Better to wait until after the 2020 election, when Trump will have more flexibility.
The judge is in Massachusetts. The refugees are in Florida.
Gee, what a surprise, another Obama appointee that thinks he’s President too.
This ruling is completely inappropriate. The money being spent on that program comes from my tax dollars, and it should be spent in accordance with the decisions of Congress and the President of the United States, not at the whim of a black-robed tyrant.
I’m all for Puerto Rican Independence. And granting (forcibly) Puerto Rican citizenship to this judge.
After last year we had no water, toilet, anything to do with water, or drainage for nearly 3 months.
No showers except go outside with a garden hose , no toilet.
Our drainfield collapsed as did the septic tank, we had two sink holes at the side of the house which caused this. Roof badly damaged too
We stayed, rebuilt, still fixing, but we never took a dime off anyone, so why is it certain parts of the population and these people need this for this long?
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