Grant temporary protected status to undocumented Bangladeshis

Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury addressed a letter recently to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to consider granting Temporary Protected Status to undocumented Bangladeshi nationals staying in the US.
Sources in the Foreign Ministry said Iftekhar expressed thanks for the "generous support" received from the US in the post-Sidr relief and rehabilitation operations.
He also elaborated on Bangladesh's "strategy to deal with the emerging challenge" of natural disasters.
In the letter, the adviser has also urged Secretary Rice that it would "greatly help" if, given the current suffering of Bangladeshis due to the calamity, the US authorities could grant Temporary Protected Status to Bangladeshi nationals staying in the US under the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act.