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  • Debate Heats Up Over Temporary Residency

    01/29/2006 7:10:12 AM PST · by jackbenimble · 28 replies · 619+ views
    Inforum Associated Press ^ | Saturday, January 28, 2006 | By LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ
    Special temporary U.S. residency issued to thousands of Central Americans is due to expire in the coming months, and with the debate over immigration increasingly fierce, many of the immigrants fear they will be sent home. The temporary status granted to Nicaraguans and Hondurans after Hurricane Mitch in 1998 and to Salvadorans following a devastating earthquake in 2001 has been renewed repeatedly with little public debate, but opposition is growing. Critics say the program was never meant to be permanent and that it's time for the more than 300,000 people it protects to return home. Immigrants and their advocates say...