CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Joint Resolution No. 17Introduced by Senator Hueso(Coauthor: Assembly Member Gonzalez Fletcher)January 17, 2018 Relative to federal Temporary Protected Status. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSJR 17, as introduced, Hueso. Temporary Protected Status: El Salvador.This measure would condemn the decision to end the Temporary Protected Status designation for El Salvador.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO Bill TextWHEREAS, The Temporary Protected Status program was enacted after President George H.W. Bush signed the Immigration Act of 1990; andWHEREAS, The program provides temporary lawful status and work authorization to people from countries affected by armed conflict, natural disaster, famine, or other strife in their home country; and WHEREAS, In 2001, El Salvador was devastated by two massive earthquakes that killed more than 1000 people and left one million others homeless. In response to those devastating natural disasters, the United States granted Salvadoran citizens Temporary Protected Status; and WHEREAS, Since the time that these devastating natural events struck El Salvador, the United States has extended Temporary Protected Status to displaced Salvadorans 11 times; and WHEREAS, The last time it was extended, in 2016, the Obama administration found that El Salvador was still struggling to recover from the earthquakes, and that the fiscal, unemployment, and security situations in El Salvador remain poor; and WHEREAS, The largest concentration of protected Salvadorans live in California, according to a study by the Center for Migration Studies and an estimated 49,000 people put down roots and work legally in the state; and WHEREAS, On Monday, January 8, 2018, an official from the Department of Homeland Security issued a statement that said that they would be ending Salvadorans Temporary Protected Status. This announcement came just weeks after more than 45,000 Haitians lost protections granted after Haitis 2010 earthquake; and WHEREAS, It is estimated that over 260,000 Salvadorans who have been living and working in this country for over a decade will be displaced; and WHEREAS, In addition, more than 50,000 children in California were born in the United States, but have Salvadoran parents who now face deportation due to losing their Temporary Protected Status. Those children will either have to return to El Salvador with their parents, stay in the United States and separate from their parents, or stay with their parents in United States, but face their parents potential deportation; and WHEREAS, The administrations decision will likely have its greatest impact in southern California, home to the countrys largest population of immigrants from El Salvador; and WHEREAS, The administrations decision to end the Temporary Protected Status designation for El Salvador aligns with the vulgar and racist comments made by President Trump on January 11, 2018, when meeting with a group of bipartisan legislators at the White House to discuss the possible extension of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of California, jointly, That the Legislature condemns the decision to end the Temporary Protected Status designation for El Salvador; and be it further Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the Majority Leader of the Senate, to each Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of the United States, and to the author for appropriate distribution.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Joint Resolution No. 17Introduced by Senator Hueso(Coauthor: Assembly Member Gonzalez Fletcher)January 17, 2018 Relative to federal Temporary Protected Status. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSJR 17, as introduced, Hueso. Temporary Protected Status: El Salvador.This measure would condemn the decision to end the Temporary Protected Status designation for El Salvador.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Joint Resolution No. 17
Introduced by Senator Hueso(Coauthor: Assembly Member Gonzalez Fletcher)January 17, 2018
Introduced by Senator Hueso(Coauthor: Assembly Member Gonzalez Fletcher)
January 17, 2018
Relative to federal Temporary Protected Status.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SJR 17, as introduced, Hueso. Temporary Protected Status: El Salvador.
This measure would condemn the decision to end the Temporary Protected Status designation for El Salvador.
This measure would condemn the decision to end the Temporary Protected Status designation for El Salvador.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
WHEREAS, The Temporary Protected Status program was enacted after President George H.W. Bush signed the Immigration Act of 1990; and
WHEREAS, The program provides temporary lawful status and work authorization to people from countries affected by armed conflict, natural disaster, famine, or other strife in their home country; and
WHEREAS, In 2001, El Salvador was devastated by two massive earthquakes that killed more than 1000 people and left one million others homeless. In response to those devastating natural disasters, the United States granted Salvadoran citizens Temporary Protected Status; and
WHEREAS, Since the time that these devastating natural events struck El Salvador, the United States has extended Temporary Protected Status to displaced Salvadorans 11 times; and
WHEREAS, The last time it was extended, in 2016, the Obama administration found that El Salvador was still struggling to recover from the earthquakes, and that the fiscal, unemployment, and security situations in El Salvador remain poor; and
WHEREAS, The largest concentration of protected Salvadorans live in California, according to a study by the Center for Migration Studies and an estimated 49,000 people put down roots and work legally in the state; and
WHEREAS, On Monday, January 8, 2018, an official from the Department of Homeland Security issued a statement that said that they would be ending Salvadorans Temporary Protected Status. This announcement came just weeks after more than 45,000 Haitians lost protections granted after Haitis 2010 earthquake; and
WHEREAS, It is estimated that over 260,000 Salvadorans who have been living and working in this country for over a decade will be displaced; and
WHEREAS, In addition, more than 50,000 children in California were born in the United States, but have Salvadoran parents who now face deportation due to losing their Temporary Protected Status. Those children will either have to return to El Salvador with their parents, stay in the United States and separate from their parents, or stay with their parents in United States, but face their parents potential deportation; and
WHEREAS, The administrations decision will likely have its greatest impact in southern California, home to the countrys largest population of immigrants from El Salvador; and
WHEREAS, The administrations decision to end the Temporary Protected Status designation for El Salvador aligns with the vulgar and racist comments made by President Trump on January 11, 2018, when meeting with a group of bipartisan legislators at the White House to discuss the possible extension of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of California, jointly, That the Legislature condemns the decision to end the Temporary Protected Status designation for El Salvador; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the Majority Leader of the Senate, to each Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of the United States, and to the author for appropriate distribution.