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SALINAS, CA – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) today released the following statement in response to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Citizenship and Immigration Services' (USCIS) compliance with a federal court order to reopen application renewals for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program:
CONGRESSMAN JIMMY Panetta said he's optimistic that the extraordinary meeting President Donald Trump convened at the White House with Republican and Democratic leaders Tuesday over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program will soon lead to a resolution, which the Democrat from Carmel Valley said could include some sort of a wall on the southern border.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) participated yesterday in a bipartisan meeting with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue and members of the U.S. House of Representatives to discuss improving the USDA's efforts to recruit and train veteran interested in becoming farmers.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the comment period for the proposed 2019-2024 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program opened to the public. The Department of Interior will be collecting public comments for 60 days, through March 9, 2018. Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) released the following statement to encourage residents living on the central coast of California to participate and share their comments:
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) today released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration's announcement that it would not renew the temporary protected status (TPS) designation for El Salvador:
The Trump administration faces a deadline Monday to decide whether to renew a program granting temporary immigration status to over 200,000 immigrants from El Salvador.
The Trump administration on Monday announced it's ending temporary protected status for nearly 200,000 Salvadorans who fled their earthquake-ravaged country years ago.
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced the end of the program, but said the department will delay its termination for 18 months.
El Salvador’s Ministry of Foreign Relations released an immediate response, saying it is "committed to looking for alternatives."
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Monday it is ending special protections for Salvadoran immigrants, an action that could force nearly 200,000 to leave the U.S. by September 2019 or face deportation.
El Salvador is the fourth country whose citizens have lost Temporary Protected Status under President Donald Trump. Salvadorans have been, by far, the largest beneficiaries of the program, which provides humanitarian relief for foreigners whose countries are hit with natural disasters or other strife.
WASHINGTON >> The Trump administration's decision to end special protections for about 200,0000 Salvadoran immigrants filled many Salvadoran families with dread Monday, raising the possibility that they will be forced to abandon their roots in the U.S. and return to a violent homeland they have not known for years, even decades.