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Article: HOUSE TO CONSIDER WALBERG KENNEDY LEGISLATION TO EXTEND TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR LIBERIAN REFUGEES

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July 23, 2007
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Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich. (7th CD), has issued the following statementz:

U.S. Congressman Tim Walberg (R-MI) today issued the following statement in support of legislation he introduced along with Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) that would extend by one year Temporary Protective Status for all Liberian refugees living in the United States.

Currently, all Liberian refugees living in the United States under Temporary Protective Status have until October of this year, and then they will be forced to return to Liberia.

"Liberia has been torn apart by two long Civil Wars over the past two decades, and while civil war finally ceased in 2003, Liberia is still years from developing the infrastructure ...

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