dmserrano / si-se-puede

Si Se Puede - Info and Data Visualisation

Si se puede! (Yes one can!) - The motto of the United Farm Workers. In 1972, during Cesar Chavez's 25-day fast in Phoenix, Arizona.

About

A collection of resources and data to help visually display and understand the TPS (Temporary Protected Status) beneficiaries.

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Research Points / Notes

• Possible project titles:
  • "We Are Not Temporary" or "No Somos Temporales"

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Tech to use

• Node.js and Express
• MongoDB
• Vue.js and Chart.js / Plot.ly

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Resources

• Data Tables of TPS Recipients from El Salvador, Honduras and Haiti by State

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Resources to Read

• Possible Solutions for TPS Issues

  1. Solutions following termination or withdrawl of TPS status:

     • Bergeron 2014, pages 50-51

  2. Arguments that majority of the undocumented population should be legalized:

     • Kerwin and Warren 2015, pages 98-99
     • Kerwin and Warren 2017, pages 320-323

  3. Passing a law that TPS beneficiaries to apply for LPR status after one extension of status or after a set term of years:

     • Orrenius and Zavodny 2017, page 190
     • Bergeron 2014, page 39

  4. Permit TPS recipients that are eligible for a family based visa (or other benefit) to adjust to LPR status in the US:

     • Bergeron 2014, pages 35-37

  5. Legalization bill the cover TPS beneficiaries, advances qualifying registry date, or amends criteria for "cancellation or removal":

     • Kerwin 2014, pages 65-66

  6. Combination of solutions:

     • [Bergeron 2014, pages 39-40
     • Kerwin 2014, pages 63-64