POR 2017 #169 · Agenda item attachment · Jun 26 2017

City of Cambridge O-5 ORIGINAL ORDER IN CITY COUNCIL June 26, 2017 VICE MAYOR MCGOVERN MAYOR SIMMONS COUNCILLOR MAZEN WHEREAS: The City of Cambridge has historically been a proud supporter of Immigrants, Undocumented Immigrants and Refugees escaping war and natural disasters; and WHEREAS: Temporary Protective Status (TPS) is a form of immigration status that provides employment authorization and protection from deportation for foreign nationals who cannot be safely returned to their home countries; and WHEREAS: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), will consider whether to extend designations of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for all nationals that currently hold TPS; and WHEREAS: The Trump Administration is currently deciding whether to terminate the Temporary Protective status of over 300,000 immigrants from El Salvador, Honduras, and, most imminently, Haiti; and WHEREAS: In light of this Administration’s radical increase of interior and exterior enforcement through executive orders, funding requests, and policy guidance, the continued existence of TPS for these three countries is very much at risk; now therefore be it RESOLVED: That the Cambridge City Council go on record in support of the Temporary Protective Status (TPS) Visa program and is calling on the Department of Homeland Security to continue the TPS program and support Refugees escaping war, natural disasters and crime; and be it further RESOLVED: That the City Clerk be and hereby is requested to forward a suitably engrossed copy of this resolution to the Cambridge Delegation Members of Congress, Katherine Clark and Michael Capuano on behalf of the entire City Council.