Whereas, the Government of the United States of America, through the Department of Homeland Security, has announced that the present designation of the Temporary Protective Status, (TPS) for Liberian Nationals may not be extended; and
Whereas, the National Leadership Council of the Union of Liberian Associations in the Americas is cognizant of the perils of the non-extension of the TPS designation to the success of the budding democracy in Liberia and to the economic revival of our war ravaged nation; and
Whereas, the Government of Liberia has consistently maintained that the conditions engendered by the fourteen-year war infringe on the ability of the country to deal with any mass influx of Liberians from the United States; and
Whereas, the National Leadership Council continues to engage the stakeholders in search of a lasting and efficacious resolution of the problems relative to the immigration status of Liberians on the TPS; and
Whereas, through deliberations with supporters of this cause it remains evident that a concerted and sustained action on the part of all Liberians is crucial to securing a panacea to this problem; and
Now, therefore, I, Emmanuel S. Wettee, National President of the Union of Liberian Associations in the Americas (ULAA), on behalf of the National Leadership Council, do hereby proclaim the Month of April, 2007, as “National Immigration Advocacy Month. Accordingly all Liberians are called upon to demonstrate actions by requesting their respective Congressional members to support The Liberian Immigration Bill “S - 656.”
In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and cause the great seal of the Union of Liberian Associations (ULAA) in the Americas to be affixed at the session of the National Leadership Council (NLC) in the City of Trenton, New Jersey, this 31st day of March 2007.
