Thread by @AmericasVoice

HAPPENING NOW: Press Call with Immigrant Advocates and Potential TPS Holders Call on Administration for Central America TPS Designations

#TPS

.@oachacon61, Executive Director of @ALIANZAAMERICAS will be moderating the press call to urge the Biden administration to act swiftly on TPS designations for Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala.

.@albornoz_gabe Vice President, @MoCoCouncilMD:

"If we receive an additional of TPS designation status... it will allow yet another generation of immigrants to establish strong roots here"

.@albornoz_gabe Vice President, @MoCoCouncilMD:

"It's never been more important that we account for and support these families, particular those that have been affected by the virus... It's a moral responsibility."

Ana Ortiz, Essential Worker from El Salvador and Potential TPS holder:

"I wish, and what I ask President Biden, is to have the opportunity to receive TPS to better our lives, to work without a fear of deportation."

Alexandra Yulieth Mejia, Garifuna Mother from Honduras and Potential TPS holder:

"TPS would grant me a work permit to continue supporting my family...I want to continue studying so I can become a nurse."

Katy Gil, Lead Organizer, Hondurans Against AIDS/@CYurumein:

"We press the Biden Administration to grant TPS protection to all of our communities"

.@nancirulia, Director of Communications and Digital Organizing, @PresenteOrg:

"We are committed to permanent status... that's why we are calling on President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas to designate TPS for Central Americans."