GuatemalaTPS.Info » congress http://www.guatemalatps.info Hosted By The Law Offices of Patrick Kolasinski Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:49:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 US Congress Considers TPS for Pakistan (but not Guatemala) http://www.guatemalatps.info/?p=187 http://www.guatemalatps.info/?p=187#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 02:40:41 +0000 Patrick Kolasinski http://www.guatemalatps.info/?p=187 US Congressman Al Green (D-Texas) introduced a new bill yesterday to grant TPS to Pakistan following the dramatic floods that struck that country this summer.  While we certainly support the bill (indeed, the link above is to our sister blog, which dedicated to the Pakistani TPS request), we have to express our disappointment that the Guatemalan request has not seen the same kind of Congressional support.

The only Congressional action in support of Guatemala’s request has been House Resolution 1462, which was introduced in June and has been languishing in silence since July. The resolution is quite different from today’s bill, in that it is merely an expression of support for the people of Guatemala and not an actual law granting TPS.  It is incredible that our Congress was unable to pass even this meek resolution, and that it has stood by so silently with no action in support of Guatemala.

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