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Obama Grants 18-Month Temporary Refuge
WASHINGTON, D.C., JAN. 15, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The U.S. bishops are supporting President Barack Obama’s move today to allow Haitians currently in the United States to remain in the country for the next 18 months.
Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, the president of the US episcopal conference, sent a letter to Obama today stating that Haitians in the United States “would be better able to assist their families in Haiti through remittances and by working together as a community to garner other resources for their stricken homeland.”
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced today “the designation of Temporary Protected Status for Haitian nationals who were in the United States as of Jan. 12, 2010.”
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WASHINGTON, D.C., JAN. 15, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The U.S. bishops are supporting President Barack Obama’s move today to allow Haitians currently in the United States to remain in the country for the next 18 months.
Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, the president of the US episcopal conference, sent a letter to Obama today stating that Haitians in the United States “would be better able to assist their families in Haiti through remittances and by working together as a community to garner other resources for their stricken homeland.”
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced today “the designation of Temporary Protected Status for Haitian nationals who were in the United States as of Jan. 12, 2010.”
More…