A bipartisan group of Florida members of Congress called on the Biden administration Friday to “redesignate and extend” Temporary Protected Status, a humanitarian protection that shields people from deportation, to eligible Nicaraguan already residing in the United States.
“We strongly urge you ... to protect tens of thousands of Nicaraguan men, women, and children who would face great risk to their safety should they return to Nicaragua at this time,” a letter from the representatives to President Joe Biden and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said.
They cited Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega’s violent crackdown of political opposition in recent years and Nicaragua’s precarious social, political and economic circumstances.
