580160 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://thegardenisland.com/news/national/us-lawmakers-seek-immigration-protections-for-caribbean/article_10f784b2-02f1-5b9e-be65-cdfced4ac5c0.htmlHaiti was granted temporary protected status after a 2010 earthquake, but the Trump administration has said those immigration benefits will expire in January. South Florida's congressional delegation and both the state's senators sent a letter Monday asking acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke to renew the program.Tue, 19 Sep 2017 18:36:00 +0200thegardenisland-61110ae6fa3c6658d822cb1e54822a2f20170919183600https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170919111242.htmUsing weather and sea data from the time of the sinking, along with a new theoretical model, a Georgia Institute of Technology researcher has calculated that there was as much as a one-in-130 chance -- over a period of time and area -- that a rogue wave 46 feet high (14 meters) could have occurred during the hurricane.Tue, 19 Sep 2017 18:35:00 +0200sciencedaily-0e799587ae86e33cf7ad13b3328b830d20170919183500http://newsok.com/us-lawmakers-seek-immigration-protections-for-caribbean/article/feed/1424562?custom_click=rssMIAMI (AP) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants the U.S. government to extend humanitarian protections to parts of the Caribbean impacted by Hurricane Irma. Haiti was granted temporary protected status after a 2010 earthquake, but the Trump administration has said those immigration benefits will expire in January.Tue, 19 Sep 2017 18:18:00 +0200newsok-f3d943fb47cc5ce56138f9c62bb27b6820170919181800http://wcfcourier.com/news/national/us-lawmakers-seek-immigration-protections-for-caribbean/article_15f73dc9-ea11-5092-825e-4e37a523f518.htmlMIAMI (AP) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants the U.S. government to extend humanitarian protections to parts of the Caribbean impacted by Hurricane Irma. Haiti was granted temporary protected status after a 2010 earthquake, but the Trump administration has said those immigration benefits will expire in January.Tue, 19 Sep 2017 18:18:00 +0200wcfcourier-48f31697762a9b1d853f844e7f0e8e3720170919181800