By DEVIN DWYER and TEDDY DAVIS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2010
The Obama administration said today that tens of thousands of illegal Haitian immigrants can remain temporarily in the U.S. while their country rebuilds after Tuesday's devastating earthquake.
The announcement to grant "temporary protective status," or TPS, to Haitian nationals allows immigrants already in the U.S. to live and work freely here until conditions in Haiti improve. After 18 months the status could be revoked.
Read more at:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/HaitiEarthquake/haiti-earthquake-illegal-haitians-protected-status-quake/story?id=9570995
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