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County commission urges federal government to maintain TPS for nationals from specified countries
Summary
Miami‑Dade commissioners voted to urge the U.S. president and Department of Homeland Security to maintain Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for nationals from several countries while conditions make return unsafe, and to include that request in the county’s federal legislative package.
The Miami‑Dade County Commission on Feb. 11 voted to urge the federal government to maintain Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for law‑abiding nationals from El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela and other designated countries while conditions continue to preclude their safe return.
Senator René Garcia moved the urging resolution, which asked the board to transmit a certified copy of the resolution to the president, Florida’s congressional delegation and the secretary of the…
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