Biden extends protections for immigrants from four destabilized countries

The Albuquerque Journal ^ | January 10, 2025 | Gillian Barkhurst

[CedarDave]

As a second Donald Trump presidency approaches, President Joe Biden extended protections for about 1 million immigrants Friday, allowing them to legally remain in the U.S. for another 18 months. The Temporary Protected Status applies to people already residing in the country from embattled Venezuela, El Salvador, Sudan and Ukraine.

That includes an estimated tens of thousands of immigrants living in Albuquerque.

While there aren’t accurate counts for refugees and others with protected status in Albuquerque, the city estimates that there are 20,000 undocumented immigrants in Albuquerque.

Biden extended TPS for about 600,000 Venezuelans and 230,000 Salvadorans across the U.S. In New Mexico, while the majority of immigrants are from neighboring Mexico, there is still a “significant” population from Venezuela and El Salvador, said Santa Fe Dreamers Project Executive Director Miles Tokunow.

TPS lasts 18 months and is intended to protect people from being sent back to countries experiencing civil conflict or environmental disaster. For those displaced from their homelands for longer periods of time, such as Venezuelans fleeing from the autocratic government of President Nicolás Maduro, TPS provides no such relief. Maduro was recently sworn in to his third consecutive six-year term in a disputed election. He’s been in power for more than 10 years.

In the shadow of President-elect Trump, legal experts and immigrant advocates say this move is more important than ever.

“It is also crucial, given the gravity of the incoming administration’s promises of mass deportation,” said American Civil Liberties Union New Mexico staff attorney Rebecca Sheff. “Here in New Mexico, we understand that our communities are stronger when all our neighbors can live without fear and build stable lives for their families.”

Both local and congressional Democratic leaders lauded the extension.

[CedarDave]

I wonder how many of those estimated 20,000 in Albuquerque are involved in the city's on-going rampant crime, especially gangs, drugs, gun-related assaults, etc.

I hope that Trump's ICE will identify, capture, detain and deport those criminals no matter opposition by the Dem mayor and our radical left-wing governor.

[CedarDave]

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[ActresponsiblyinVA]

Can Trump undo Biden’s effort to harm the US?

[TigerClaws]

As long as SCOTS back him, yes.

Deep State destabilizes these countries.

Causes them to leave. Gov’t funded NGOs fly them in, feed and house them, future voters.

Destruction of the West continues.

China figured out no need to have an actual war. Just get leftists elected and they’ll destroy the nations for you.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

:: involved in the city’s on-going rampant crime, ::

And that will be the reasoning behind Trump’s deportation of these same immigrants.
Stay an extra 18 months but commit NO (none, zip, zilch, nada) crimes
Up to and including jay-walking and sidewalk spitting.

[TheBattman]

Why in the world do we give extra-super-special protected status to certain groups? Why can we not utilize the existing system? OH - because we have to simply open the gates and forget vetting or even processing through.

Never mind the fact that said countries have no hope of improving their condition if folks just simply leave.

[tumblindice]

Anything this traitor does, President Trump can undo.

[edwinland]

Democrats don’t want you to know that El Salvador has been stabilized.

[Fai Mao]

Yep. the only El Salvadorian who should be afraid to go home are gang members. I guess that’s who Bidog is protecting.

[edwinland]

Excellent point.

[Churchillspirit]

Scorched earth on steroids....

[BenLurkin]

Four shttholes from where we do not need people.

[deport]

I wonder how many of those estimated 20,000 in Albuquerque are involved in the city’s on-going rampant crime, especially gangs, drugs, gun-related assaults, etc.

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Good question.... But it would take planning to get them into
the network I’d guess. You wouldn’t bring newbies into it
without knowing their history, or jmo.

[RoseofTexas]

Because our corrupt homegrown democ🐀 terrorists hate us so much they’ll do anything to destroy our nation. That’s why!

[grey_whiskers]

Unbelievable. CBP Agents in El Paso lifted up a storm drain and discovered a 6ft x 4ft Cartel tunnel complete with a ventilation system, used to sex traffic Venezuelan women. How many women did Democrats' open border allow to be raped and victimized? pic.twitter.com/lrqo0AQRG1— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) January 11, 2025

[Organic Panic]

Who gave 600,000 Venezuelans the money to come here?

[packagingguy]

President Bukele has a nice big house waiting for them, and all their friends are in there!

Why not go home?

[TheBattman]

Yeah - that was my point (with the dripping sarcasm).

[Mastador1]

But no protections for Americans whose country is destabilized by ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS