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Unidentified committee speaker urges protection for TPS recipients at Judiciary: House Committee hearing
Summary
An unidentified speaker at a Judiciary: House Committee hearing urged protection for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders, criticized recent administration moves to terminate TPS designations, cited economic and family impacts, and referenced H.R.6 as a legislative remedy.
An unidentified speaker opened a Judiciary: House Committee hearing by urging protection for people holding Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and criticizing recent administrative moves to end TPS designations.
"This program established by Congress in 1990 provides people who are already in the United States a safe haven when their home countries are devastated," the speaker said, adding that TPS holders "live in our neighborhoods, raise their families here and help keep local economies running." The speaker warned that ending TPS for countries that remain unstable would "force people to return to real and imminent harm."
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