City Council support of the Temporary Protective Status (TPS) Visa program calling on the Department of Homeland …

How it started

Proposed by Councillors McGovern, Simmons, and Mazen — a statement of the Council’s position, not a request for action.

What happened

✅ Adopted after amendments — the Council approved a revised version (Order adopted as amended · Jun 26, 2017)

Present and voting at this meeting (9)

Craig A. Kelley
David Maher
Dennis Carlone
E. Denise Simmons
Jan Devereux
Leland Cheung
Marc McGovern
Nadeem Mazen
Timothy J. Toomey

Adopted by voice vote. A voice vote records the outcome, not individual positions — no member's yes or no is on the record (though a member can ask to be recorded in the negative in the minutes). Showing the members who cast recorded votes at this meeting. Rule 6 requires a roll call for spending over $50 or on any member's request; state law requires one for every vote when a member participates remotely. · photos: City of Cambridge

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ORIGINAL ORDER

The City of Cambridge has historically been a proud supporter of Immigrants, Undocumented Immigrants and Refugees escaping war and natural disasters; and 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 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 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 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.