I just found this link on another forum. We probably need to look into this.



How about some more really bad news about, and from, Congress.

Debate Heats Up Over Temporary Residency
By LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ Associated Press Writer
The Associated Press - Saturday, January 28, 2006

MIAMI

http://www.in-forum.com/ap/index.cfm?pa ... =D8FDUHUG4

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 allowing the special status to expire would devastate not only these individuals but also their families - and the Central American countries themselves - who count on the billions of dollars they earn in the United States and send home.