Washington, March 20 -- Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick issued the following press release:
Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick introduced the Respect for Essential Workers Act, to protect workers with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and give them a clear path to becoming permanent residents.
TPS holders produce $21 billion to bolster U.S. economy contributing $5.2 billion in tax revenue across federal, payroll, state, and local levels. In Florida, the largest population of TPS holders in the U.S., over 403,000 residents work in health care, emergency response, food supply, construction, transportation, hospitality, and home and family care. They showed up during the pandemic and continue to fill jobs that communities rel...