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US Measures Worry El Salvador
El Salvador's government
expressed concern Wednesday
about the possibility that
thousands of its citizens with
temporal residence in the US
will become illegal immigrants.
Washington made a preliminary
announcement on the registry of
some 70,000 Salvadorians in the
US, which is worrying to the
administration, noted
Salvadorian Chancellor Francisco
Laínez.
US Immigration authorities gave
September 1 as the deadline for
240,000 Salvadorians, recognized
under the Temporal Protection
Statue, to renew their annual
permit.
Lainez estimates that at least
2.5 million Salvadorians are
living in the US. The US is home
to more than a fourth of the
people born in El Salvador,
which represents one of the
world ó s highest immigration
rates.
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