Legal status sought for Haitians in U.S.

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January 15, 2010

N.C. Aizenman

Washington Post

Dozens of immigrant advocacy groups and several members of Congress are renewing a long-standing call for the Obama administration to grant temporary legal status and work permits to as many as 125,000 Haitians living in the United States illegally.

By law, the secretary of homeland security, in consultation with the secretary of state, can offer "temporary protected status," or TPS, to illegal immigrants of a particular nationality if calamities make it too burdensome for their home countries to receive them.

Immigrants must pay a fee to apply for TPS and are eligible only if they were already in the United States at the time the benefit was offered and if they do not have criminal records. The status is usually granted for up to 18 months, but the government can, and often does, renew it repeatedly as conditions warrant.

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