To read the entire Jesuit Refugee Service announcement, “Temporary Protected Status urged for Central Americans,”click this link: http://jrsusa.org/news_detail?TN=NEWS-20160126093140.

“The risk of deportation to the Northern Triangle countries is tangible and profound. According to a comprehensive study conducted by social scientist Elizabeth Kennedy at San Diego State University, between January 2014 and September 2015, at least 83 nationals deported to El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala were reported to have been subsequently murdered, with 45 murders in El Salvador, 35 in Honduras, and three in Guatemala.”