Patrick | June 30, 2010
A Different Focus While much of the traffic and attention on this site lately has been dedicated to the Guatemalan request for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), we would like to shift focus for a bit here to another pressing issue; the crisis facing ethnic Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan. The International Rescue Committee (IRC), a preeminent refugee relief [...]
Patrick | June 30, 2010
We have just posted news on GuatemalaTPS.info about a DHS committee that will be coming to Guatemala as part of the TPS review process. The news came to us courtesy of Prensa Libre, and can be seen in more detail here.
Patrick | June 26, 2010
Reuters reported today that Tropical Storm Alex made landfall in Belize, dumping rain on that country, as well as Guatemala and parts of the Yucatan Peninsula. Initial damage reports thankfully appear to be relatively minor, with only 200 people evacuated. We are awaiting reports from Guatemala and hope that the heavy rains don’t cause more [...]
Patrick | June 24, 2010
The leader of a key Guatemalan immigrant organization met with U.S. officials, including the US Ambassador to Guatemala, Stephen McFarland, in order to lobby for approval of Guatemala’s TPS request. More information is available at GuatemalaTPS.info
Patrick | June 24, 2010
Now that our server issues appear to be fixed, we have moved forward on the (re)launch of GuatemalaTPS.info. Starting today, we will be posting the latest updates on the TPS request and related news there. Because this site still gets a lot of traffic (we’re currently the #1 result on a Google Search for “Guatemala [...]
Patrick | June 23, 2010
********UPDATE: 4:49PM ON July 23, 2010 *************** Well, it took nearly a week, but we’re back up and running, with a shiny and robust brand-new web server. Both this blog and our main site have been migrated to the new server, and we’re now going to (finally) get to work on GuatemalaTPS.info. Thank you everyone [...]
Patrick | June 18, 2010
We have launched a new site, www.GuatemalaTPS.info, specifically for information about the current situation. At the moment, the site just points you back here, but we will be developing it more fully over the course of the next week or so. Eventually, GuatemalaTPS.info will be your one-stop site for everything having to do with the [...]
Patrick | June 18, 2010
The Guatemalan Deputy Foreign Minister visited New York yesterday and spent a bit of time meeting with local Guatemalan citizens. He spoke with locals and the media about Guatemala’s TPS request, and encouraged U.S. based Guatemalan organizations to unite in support of the TPS effort. There has still be no official word from either government [...]
Patrick | June 16, 2010
*******UPDATED @ 4:27PM – June 17 2010********** The article referenced below has been edited without comment, and now no longer states that TPS was granted. The author did not respond to our call, email, comment, or tweet (we wanted to be thorough) but did change the article to reflect just the information in the USCIS [...]
Patrick | June 12, 2010
We are still receiving a considerable volume of mail and traffic as everyone tries to stay updated on the status of Guatemala’s TPS application. One question that has come up frequently is “what can I do while I wait?,” and I want to take a moment here to address that very question. Waiting for a [...]
