Thread: Trump Being Blamed For Obama’s Plan For Nepal Refugees

Trump Being Blamed For Obama’s Plan For Nepal Refugees

JAZZ SHAWPosted at 12:41 pm on April 25, 2018




Have you heard about the latest outrage being committed by the Trump administration? Yes, yes… I know it can be hard to keep track of all the outrages these days. But this one involves another immigration question which is always a reliable method to get the left up in arms. Nick Miroff at the Washington Post has the details of Trump’s plan to cruelly kick thousands of citizens of Nepal out of the United States, in his “latest move to expel foreigners.”

What a monster, right? Of course, that’s not remotely close to what’s actually going on (as you’ll see below), but let’s see how Nick chooses to describe it.

The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to cancel the temporary residency permits of about 9,000 immigrants from Nepal, the Trump administration’s latest move to expel foreigners living in the United States with some form of provisional status.

According to internal planning documents viewed by The Washington Post, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen will give the Nepalis a one-year grace period to prepare their departure, but they would face deportation after June 24, 2019.

The Nepalis were granted temporary protected status (TPS) — allowing them to remain in the United States legally — after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake devastated the country three years ago, on April 25, 2015, killing nearly 9,000.

First of all, the White House isn’t looking to “cancel the temporary residency permits” of anyone. These are people who applied for Temporary Protected Status through the office of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The word “Temporary” should have given you a clue, but let’s see what that program is designed to do as described on the agency’s website.

The Secretary of Homeland Security may designate a foreign country for TPS due to conditions in the country that temporarily prevent the country’s nationals from returning safely, or in certain circumstances, where the country is unable to handle the return of its nationals adequately. USCIS may grant TPS to eligible nationals of certain countries (or parts of countries), who are already in the United States. Eligible individuals without nationality who last resided in the designated country may also be granted TPS. The Secretary may designate a country for TPS due to the following temporary conditions in the country:

– Ongoing armed conflict (such as civil war)
– An environmental disaster (such as earthquake or hurricane), or an epidemic
– Other extraordinary and temporary conditions

So the program is only designed to provide relief from various crisis situations on a temporary basis. The TPS was set up for Nepal on June 24, 2015 after the severe earthquake they suffered. It was originally set to expire December 25, 2016. But in October of that year, owing to the extensive damage from the earthquake, DHS issued an extension of the TPS to run through June 24, 2018 (posted in the Federal Register at that link). Remind me again who was president then? That’s right. The Obama administration originally only thought a TPS was needed for a period of 18 months. They already gave them one extension of an additional 18 months, and the TPS was always set to expire this June.

In other words, Trump isn’t “canceling” anything, but simply following through on what the Obama era DHS determined was appropriate. And to top it off, Trump is giving them another entire year to get their affairs in order and head home. As USCIS notes on the page I linked above, there was nothing preventing anyone who wished to apply for citizenship or longer resident legal alien status from doing so. If they qualified, they could remain. But for everyone else, this was always meant to be an emergency relief measure while the worst of the initial damage was shoveled out.

It’s been nearly three years since the earthquake. At some point, it becomes Nepal’s responsibility to finish cleaning up and providing shelter for their own people. So go ahead and blame Trump if that’s your instinctive reaction, but he’s simply carrying out a policy put in place by Barack Obama.

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According to internal planning documents viewed by The Washington Post, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen will give the Nepalis a one-year grace period to prepare their departure, but they would face deportation after June 24, 2019.

My question is, why are all of these TPS cancellations getting such a long grace period. If the program date was scheduled to lapse on a certain date, why not stick to that date? Is this DHS just attempting to give them more time to get legal and remain?

Those in the program knew exactly when the expected ending date was, so there is no reason to give them an extra 12 months. They have had ample time to prepare for the worse case scenario on their situation.

GIVE THEM 90 DAYS TO SELL OUT PACK UP AND GET OUT!

As long as they're leaving, and I agree the sooner the better, I'm thrilled with the decision to require they leave even if it takes a few months to a year to achieve it. This whole TPS system needs to be shut down immediately. No more of letting people into this country in this manner. Our earth has had natural disasters since it was created and since man was created to be here. We are much more able today for areas to recover from natural disasters. There is no modern reason for millions of people to flee their homeland because of natural disasters, not today, not in the modern era, same for civil wars. The ability to flee a country because of a civil war becomes a reason to start them. Natural disasters require clean up and rebuilding by the survivors. You start a civil war, you deal with the consequences you created. You experience a natural disaster, you go to work cleaning up the mess and restoring your own country.

Originally Posted by Judy

As long as they're leaving, and I agree the sooner the better, I'm thrilled with the decision to require they leave even if it takes a few months to a year to achieve it. This whole TPS system needs to be shut down immediately. No more of letting people into this country in this manner. Our earth has had natural disasters since it was created and since man was created to be here. We are much more able today for areas to recover from natural disasters. There is no modern reason for millions of people to flee their homeland because of natural disasters, not today, not in the modern era, same for civil wars. The ability to flee a country because of a civil war becomes a reason to start them. Natural disasters require clean up and rebuilding by the survivors. You start a civil war, you deal with the consequences you created. You experience a natural disaster, you go to work cleaning up the mess and restoring your own country.

I don't believe most of these folks departed their country because of a natural disaster. I think they were here illegally or on a visa or expired visa (illegal) when they were given TPS. These blanket TPS given to those from a country where a natural disaster happens is ridiculous. I could maybe see it if these countries were the size of Bermuda (20 square miles), but they're not.

Those in the program knew exactly when the expected ending date was, so there is no reason to give them an extra 12 months. They have had ample time to prepare for the worse case scenario on their situation.

Ditto re the voter registration situation. Why can't one register with proper ID before the election. Simple - not so simple is the diversionary tactics we are witnessing today - auto voter reg with dl - dl given to illegals. Nobody checks AFTERWARDS. Anyone that SNEAKS into another country, steals a job, steals $$$ for birthing, healthcare, education is a THIEF and will have no problem walking into a voting booth to continue the overtaking of America. And laughs at Americans paying for it all!

Not surprising 100,000 illegals voted in Pa. soros has stretched his $$$$ far & wide in his quest for open borders. Governors, mayors are in on it with him - obama's wh was run by soros. It is a syndicated effort to overpower and change USA, same with EU.

9,000 Nepalese immigrants TPS extended for 12 months