Trump’s decision to end protections for Haiti and El Salvador immigrants is racially motivated, claims lawsuit

Donald Trump’s racism against certain classes of immigrants invalidates his move to end protections for Haitians and El Salvadorans in the US, a new lawsuit alleges.

“President Trump has long made clear his dislike and disregard for Latino and Black immigrants”, a complaint filed in a Massachusetts district court argues.

The legal challenge, filed by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice on behalf of eight Haitian and El Salvadoran immigrants, contests the Trump administration’s decision to rescind a designation that has allowed hundreds of thousands of immigrants from struggling nations to remain in America.

In recent months the administration announced that it would phase out Temporary Protected Status (TPS) grants that were instituted after earthquakes devastated Haiti and El Salvador. Some 300,000 people from those countries have secured TPS, according to the lawsuit.


Source : Yahoo News