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Ocasio-Cortez, Pressley demand action on TPS for immigrants
NBC "News" ^ | February 12, 2019 | by Nicole Acevedo

Posted on 02/12/2019 1:41:39 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Perla Canales, born in Honduras, has been living and working in the U.S. for 26 years under a federal program that temporarily protects her immigration status, but she is worried how long that will last.

Canales, 54, who works as a cleaner at a mall in Staten Island, New York, was one of thousands who went to Washington on Tuesday to call on Congress to enact permanent protections for those in the TPS program.

Approximately 325,000 people have Temporary Protected Status, which is granted to immigrants from certain countries fleeing natural disasters and civil wars, and allows them to live and work in the United States.

Though previous administrations have always renewed TPS protections, the Trump administration has tried to end the program for most of its recipients, including 200,000 Salvadorans, nearly 3,000 Nicaraguans, 57,000 Hondurans, 46,000 Haitians and nearly 10,000 from Nepal and Sudan.

Two House Democrats, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, joined the crowd of demonstrators Tuesday in front of the White House.

“From Nepal to Honduras, we made a promise that we were going to be a safe haven,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “We need to make sure that, as a nation, we honor our promises.”

“TPS is a falsehood,” Pressley said. “What's temporary about families that have been contributing to this country for decades? … We’re here affirming your dignity and demanding that this administration sees your humanity.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: border; deportation; immigration; tps
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, at a March for TPS Justice rally in Washington on Tuesday.

1 posted on 02/12/2019 1:41:39 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

No.


2 posted on 02/12/2019 1:44:30 PM PST by madison10
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

She musta been busy to NOT find time during that 26 years to complete the legal process. “Aye dinint know senor.”


3 posted on 02/12/2019 1:45:12 PM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Two words that a Liberal cannot fathom, Illegal and Temporary.


4 posted on 02/12/2019 1:45:56 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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To: TADSLOS; Tennessee Nana

p


5 posted on 02/12/2019 1:46:23 PM PST by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Liz

Kick them OUT! Overstay is a crime.


6 posted on 02/12/2019 1:47:13 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
but she is worried how long that will last.

Over a quarter of a century and counting.
7 posted on 02/12/2019 1:47:32 PM PST by Rastus
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To: madison10

No. What about a safe haven for U.S. taxpayers, who are having uneducated low skilled but prolific mouths foisted involuntarily upon them? Ever think of that, libtard morons? We don’t owe these interlopers a darn thing!


8 posted on 02/12/2019 1:47:34 PM PST by EinNYC
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To: Liz

Kick them OUT! Overstay is a crime.


9 posted on 02/12/2019 1:47:35 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The goal of socialism is communism”. Vladimir Lenin.

Back in the 60s I frequented a diner owned by a Greek immigrant(is there any other kind of diner owner). My friends and I thought we were intellectual and we’d talk politics sometimes. “You like communism?” He said once. Being open minded and oh so ‘smart’ we’d say ‘‘no…not particularly...just discussing different political types “. He’d then explain “ you know what I did with communists in Greece? I take a machine gun and bop bop bop bop bop bop bop. I kill them. They are murdering pigs. Animals. . I shoot them all dead “. We thought he was funny and a little nuts. We were after all smart middle class young know it alls. I wish I knew where to find him now. I’d shake his hand and tell him how right he was and how ignorant, towards the realities of what those people really are, we were.

10 posted on 02/12/2019 1:48:01 PM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you .)
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To: hal ogen

They are always bitchin about something


11 posted on 02/12/2019 1:48:56 PM PST by notaliberal (St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle,)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

My dog and I just marched the neighborhood for dog treats justice.


12 posted on 02/12/2019 1:49:11 PM PST by blackdog
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To: madison10

She wants an answer? There it is.

Further clarification: No. Go back where you were born.


13 posted on 02/12/2019 1:49:31 PM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Dr. Bernard Nathanson was involved in the early abortion movement. He said that the plan was to push the women out front and have the media use them. The women would think they were freely expressing themselves, while in reality they were used so that the men could do stuff behind the scenes unbeknownst to everyone.

AOC is a stooge being pushed out spouting crap, while the rest of the herd is testing out just how much they can get away with.

She is in for a big fall at some point.

Do I feel sorry for her?

Nah, I don't think so.

14 posted on 02/12/2019 1:54:06 PM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Shout “New Green Deal” at her and laugh


15 posted on 02/12/2019 1:54:44 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

She’s “worried” about how long a temporary program will last, after twenty six (26) years?

I think she got her money’s worth. Boo friggin’ hoo.


16 posted on 02/12/2019 1:54:57 PM PST by Freedom4US
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To: Vaquero
Just ask * Ziggy the Flagman *.

He attends a lot of 2A rallies; is a great motivational speaker against Communism. He's quite a character, in the nicest way possible.

http://www.waterburyobserver.org/wod7/unapologetic-patriot

17 posted on 02/12/2019 1:55:10 PM PST by Daffynition (Rudy: What are you up to today? :))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

besides no and hell no, cortez gets the flying fickled finger of fate


18 posted on 02/12/2019 1:56:58 PM PST by aces
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

GTFO! Both of them! We don’t need that treacherous Cortez broad either! Go live where your parents originated!


19 posted on 02/12/2019 1:57:35 PM PST by W. (Natty Light: The beer so nice, you'll taste it twice!)
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To: Kickass Conservative

yea they think they were here first eating beans and killing all in their way, therefore they deserve what our ancestors and us built,,time for war if we cannot stop them, if the law in the country will not react on behalf of the people the people will have to start protecting themselves, and the best defense is a strong offense..pray for peace


20 posted on 02/12/2019 1:59:11 PM PST by aces
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