32BJ SEIU on DHS Decision to Cancel TPS for Honduras

The following statement is attributable to Kevin Brown, Vice President and New Jersey State Director of 32BJ SEIU:

“The Department of Homeland Security’s decision to terminate TPS for 60,000 people from Honduras who have been living in the U.S. is a cruel and completely unnecessary attempt to destroy the lives of immigrants and their American children. This decision is a clear result of deep-seated anti-immigrant sentiment and clearly did not come from a sound evaluation of the conditions faced by Hondurans abroad. DHS has ignored that Honduras continues to face dangerous conditions following the country’s 2017 presidential election and thousands of Honduran immigrants are currently appealing to the U.S for asylum from this danger. It is not only wrong to force Honduran TPS holders out of the United States under these conditions, it is especially inhuman and goes against our American values.

“These are members of our communities that make substantial contributions to our economy. It is more important than ever that Congress provide a more permanent solution for Honduras TPS holders, and TPS holders from the many countries who have seen their protected status canceled by the Trump administration, by passing one of the many TPS bills that have already been introduced this year.”