Posted on 03/28/2018 9:06:00 AM PDT by bgill
The Trump administration is ending a program that allows citizens of Liberia living in the U.S. to avoid deportation. But it's allowing a one-year "wind-down" period to ease their return. Liberians have been eligible for Deferred Enforcement Departure since 1999. The program, which began under President Bill Clinton, and was extended during the Bush and Obama administrations, allows people from the country to live and work legally in the U.S. It's similar to another program called "Temporary Protected Status," which the Trump administration also has worked to scale back. In a memorandum issued Tuesday, President Donald Trump said Liberia is "no longer experiencing armed conflict" and has made "significant progress in restoring stability and democratic governance."
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Have you been to Liberia
Have you been to Liberia?
I have
It’s a maniac nation that actually worships cheap assault rifles and machetes and voodoo and long pork
Good riddance
The current president of Liberia was democratically elected in 2006 and re-elected in 2012. The government is stable and the worst effects of the civil war are long over. There is no reason why Liberians here should fear returning home...unless they were part of the Charles Taylor junta, in which case they don't belong here to begin with.
My mother was a Librarian for over 30 years. Why all the hate for Librarians?
That are always shushing people. Deport Laura Bush!
Perhaps librarians should be deported!
Hmmm... I wonder if W would go with his wife?
Not librarians, liberal Liberian Librarians lackadaisical leavings.
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