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  • Franken wants deportation reprieve for Liberians in Minn.

    02/16/2010 1:45:38 PM PST · by ButThreeLeftsDo · 28 replies · 773+ views
    KSTP.com ^ | 2/16/10 | Jacob Kittilstad
    Sen. Al Franken and 12 other congressmen signed a letter to the white house Tuesday urging President Obama to extend the Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for Liberians living legally in the United States. "For the last twenty years, Minnesota has been home to one of the largest Liberian communities in the country," said Sen. Franken. "Roughly 25,000 Liberians currently call Minnesota their home and over 1,000 of them would face deportation if we allow these protections to expire." Since 1991, Liberians who were forced from their homes because of civil war and sought refuge in the United States have been...