Liberians welcome US DED extension, call for permanent solution
Amid pressure, White House announces it is extending temporary protections for some 4,000 Liberians in US for a year.
About 4,000 Liberians in the US are DED recipients [Courtesy of UndocuBlack]
When Rose Knuckles Bull came to the United States in 1999, her home country of Liberia was beginning to experience its second civil war.
The first, which lasted from 1989 through 1996, killed some 200,000 people and displaced about half the population. The second war ended in 2003, but both conflicts created a devastating humanitarian situation that was further complicated in 2014 when Ebola broke out.
After coming to the US on a visitor's visa, Knuckles Bull was given Temporary Protective Status (TPS) under a programme that provides protections to individuals unable t...