DHS USES 2001 EARTHQUAKE AS EXCUSE
ALLOWING 217,000 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO REMAIN IN U.S.
According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), “El Salvador remains unable, temporarily, to handle adequately the return of its nationals,” due to two earthquakes ten years ago in 2001. But this was enough justification in Obama’s holier-than-thou opinion to quietly extend the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) originally granted to 217,000 illegal immigrants from El Salvador.