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| | ILW.COM - immigration news: The Central American Foreign Born In The United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | An estimated 374,000 Central Americans are living in the United States under Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which the attorney general granted in 1998 and 2001 after natural disasters in the region. |
 | | From 1984 to 1990, the United States granted asylum to 25 percent of the 48,000 asylum applicants from Nicaragua, compared with only 2.6 percent of the 45,000 claims from Salvadorand and 1.8 percent of the 9,500 claims from Guatemalans. |
 | | As a result, Guatemalans and Salvadorans physically present in the United States before October 1, 1990 and September 19, 1990, respectively, were granted a new interview and asylum decision, irrespective of any prior decisions on the asylum claim. |
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