From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/):
Hundreds of thousands of mothers who have been living and working legally in the U.S. for decades are right now making the heartbreaking choice of whether to leave their U.S. citizen children with neighbors and friends if they are forced to leave the country, or whether to bring their children to dangerous and unfamiliar countries. Moms like Veronica, who writes:
“I am a hard worker. A good community member, I’ve lived in the U.S. for over 17 years paying my taxes. I need TPS for my two U.S. citizen children, 13 and 8 year old so I can continue supporting their education. If Trump takes away TPS it would mean that I have to return with my children to a country full of danger and death. A country my children do not know.”
Veronica, member of SEIU United Service Workers West
Go to http://action.momsrising.org/sign/Protect_TPS/ to urge President Trump and Congress to keep families together and protect the 320,000 immigrants who currently have legal status in the U.S. because their countries are devastated by war, natural disaster, famine, or epidemic!
What exactly is going on?
President Trump is threatening to take away the legal status of 320,000 immigrants, many of whom are parents of U.S. citizen children, and have lived and worked legally in the U.S. for decades under a program called Temporary Protected Status (TPS). [1]. TPS is a legal status for immigrants who were in the United States when their home country was devastated by war, natural disaster, famine, or epidemic. TPS holders come from countries such as Haiti, Honduras, and South Sudan. They have lived in the U.S. for an average of 19 years, and are the parents of 273,000 U.S. citizen children. [2]
Action is urgently needed! The decisions to renew TPS status for these countries will be made very soon, starting as early as November 6. The Trump administration has already ended the program for one country, but we can still stop this! We can stand up and speak up now to ask our legislators to renew the TPS status that protects 320,000 immigrants who came from nations that are unsafe to return to.
Taking away TPS status, or letting it expire, would throw hundreds of thousands of families into chaos as mothers and fathers lose their right to stay in the country and are forced to decide whether to divide their families or to take their U.S. citizen children back to devastated countries where they have no future.
TPS holders are the moms and dads in our neighborhoods. They are our coworkers and our friends. They are a part of the fabric of our nation and they fill crucial roles in our society and our economy. They build our nation through construction and infrastructure jobs, they are the doctors and caregivers that help care for our kids and support our elderly communities. In fact, if our economy loses all of our TPS employees, it would cost the U.S. economy $164 billion over 10 years![4]
Every voice raised in support of immigrant families matters and every voice makes a difference in making sure that our elected officials act to protect TPS families. TOGETHER, we are a powerful voice for ALL families.
** Add to the MoMentum! Ask your friends and family to sign our petition, too, by forwarding this link: http://action.momsrising.org/sign/Protect_TPS.
Thank you for raising your voice in support of our immigrant communities!
[1] Temporary Protected Status [2] TPS Holders are Integral Members of US Economy and Society [3] TPS Holders are Integral Members of US Economy and Society [4] TPS data appendix
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