More than 200 thousands of refugees will be sent from the USA after 20 years of living in the country 

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The Department of Homeland Security will terminate temporary residence permits for the US 200 of thousands of citizens of El Salvador who have been in the country for about 20 years, having received asylum, writes USA Today.

Salvadorans, who are currently in the United States, have temporarily protected status (Temporary Protected Status - TPS), must return to their home country before September 2019, and if they do not leave, they will become illegal in the US.

For the first time, TPS was granted to Salvadorans in 2001 after several devastating earthquakes in their home country, which killed about 1000 people and destroyed more than 100 000 houses.

National Security Secretary Kirsten Nielsen concluded that El Salvador had recovered enough to end the emergency status that had been in effect for the country for a long time, and therefore its citizens no longer needed shelter in the United States.

“There are no longer any significant disruptions to living conditions caused by the earthquake,” the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement.

This decision goes against the policies of Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, who each year and a half extended the TPS program for Salvadorans. Their administrations have stated that the country has not yet fully recovered from the earthquake, and that the threat of drug cartels poses a threat to the citizens of El Salvador.

In February 2017, the State Department issued a warning to US citizens asking not to travel to El Salvador because of the spread of violence in that country.

“El Salvador has one of the highest homicide rates in the world, and crimes such as extortion, assault and robbery are very common,” the warning said.

But the January 8 Department of Homeland Security explained that the decision to send Salvadorans back to their home country was based on rebuilding the country after earthquakes, and not on the current level of violence and gang activity in El Salvador.

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