WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Sen. Ben Cardin said Thursday he will place a hold on the nomination of Carlos Trujillo to be U.S. ambassador to the Organization of American States until State Department provides him with information regarding the decision process to end a temporary protected status for immigrants from Haiti and two Central American nations. "I intend to hold this nomination on the floor until the Department responds to my request," said Cardin, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Cardin added the State Department has ignored for months a dozen of his requests for copies of recommendations by the U.S.