Maryland’s Democratic senators hope to secure permanent status for more than 400,000 residents who came to the U.S. temporarily for the first time.
The bill will help those with a temporary protected status (TPS) to obtain residency in the U.S., ending the cycle by which holders must apply to renew their status every six to 18 months. The status was granted to people whose home areas were hit in 1990 by a natural disaster, civil unrest or other disruption.
The legislation comes as TPS holders fight a decision by the Trump administration, which ended the status quo for those of Sudan, Haiti, El Salvador and Nicaragua, many of whom had come to the US many years earlier. The previous government argued that those countries have since recovered from the disasters and unrest.
“For decades, our country has welcomed and protected those fleeing violence and unrest around the world,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen
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‘Many have been living here legally for over twenty years – and call our country home. But for the past four years, the livelihoods of these individuals have been constantly threatened. We must work closely with the Biden administration to provide TPS receivers with safety and security. ”
The bill would provide a way to accommodate people from El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria and Yemen who are TPS holders.
The bill, called the SECURE Act, could not progress when it was enacted last year, but lawmakers hope Biden’s immigration bill will become a vehicle for the legislation that will now be incorporated into a Democratic Senate.
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“If it belonged to the Democrats, we would have done it a long time ago,” Sen. Ben Cardin
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“It’s hard to keep Republicans with us because they’re mostly a minority in their caucus,” he said of GOP lawmakers supporting TPS status.