A left wing bleeding heart liberal fuckwit article that supports the illegal immigrant but shoots itself in the foot by giving reasons why the migrant does not want to return. Which proves that their country is a shithole. Trump is doing nothing wrong by wanting a skills based migrant policy n reducing humanitarian migrants.
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Donald Trump's El Salvador migrant ban has families facing prospect of being torn apart
BY NORTH AMERICA CORRESPONDENT
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Helen Avalos (left) and her son Uriel face an uncertain future.
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Like hundreds of thousands of others across America, the Avalos family are bracing for a heartbreaking future after United States President Donald Trump
ended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvadoran migrants.
Helen Avalos may have to return to El Salvador, while her American-born son Uriel would be able to stay.
"I am feeling so sad because I have family. My family in my country. I am very sad because when my working come finish, we don't have a job, no more. I lost my job," she says.
Helen has until September 2019 to find a way to remain in the country legally or return to El Salvador, which she left 20 years ago.
"I am shocked! You know, we cry because it is not only affecting me. Too many families," she says.
Her son Uriel worries about the dangers of her returning to El Salvador — one of the most dangerous countries in central America.
"I don't know how to react. I'll just sob," he said.
"It is very heartbreaking! I don't want to lose my mum. I can't have her all the way down there. I'd be scared visiting down there."
PHOTO El Salvadoran migrant Helen Avalos faces deportation after US President Donald Trump ended the TPS.
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It's a conversation happening right across America.
There are believed to be more than 200,000 El Salvadorans on the TPS program and many of them have families.
Washington DC has one of the largest El Salvadoran communities in the country and at the El Tamarindo restaurant, many are worried.
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With 200,000 people facing an uncertain future, what happens to the El Salvadorans already deported by Donald Trump?
"I think it will be something very catastrophic for people, especially if you start a family here and you have to start from scratch going back to your country," waiter Jose Sanmartin says.
Jose Reyes set up this business 35 years ago after saving his money when he emigrated.
"I also happy with the United States, because, you know, they gave me opportunity to work. When I came, I found working two jobs, then I established my own business," he says.
Mr Reyes is praying there will be a reprieve between now and the end of the program in September 2019.
"We need to pray for the TPS, we need to pray for the immigrant in the United States. With God, the United States will give you a better solution," he says.
Mr Trump though is determined to reform immigration as part of his America First push.
He says he's modelling his changes on Australia and Canada and wants to increase skilled migration while shrinking humanitarian programs.
Rachel Gumpert is a spokeswoman for Unite Here, a union that represents many El Salvadorans in the hospitality sector.
"Well there is 200,000 people who are on Salvadoran TPS but many of them have children, so hundreds of thousands of children are going to be impacted. There are American-born citizens whose parents are on TPS," he said.
"Unfortunately a lot of the story gets lost I think that so many workers on TPS have children who are born here."
She says the program allowed many people in the United States illegally to get employment and fears many will go back into the shadows rather than return to El Salvador.
"El Salvador is one of the most dangerous high crime countries in the entire region," she says.
"So there is no condition to absorb 200,000 people being pushed back.
"On top of that, people who have been here for so long on Salvadoran TPS, I think many of them did expect there would be some kind of comprehensive immigration reform that would give them a pathway to citizenship."
Migrants from Haiti and Nicaragua are also to lose TPS privileges.
The President's immigration reform is creating shockwaves that are not just reshaping America, but the broader region as well.
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