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Trump Admin Winds Down Temporary Protected Status For 200,000 El Salvadorans
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The Department of Homeland Security will rescind protections for roughly 200,000 El Salvadoran nationals who have been living and working in the U.S. with temporary immigration status.
The Salvadorans will have until Sept. 9, 2019 to leave the U.S. or or petition for another immigration benefit for which they may be eligible, reports the Washington Post.
Under a designation known as temporary protected status (TPS), certain El Salvadoran nationals in the U.S., most of whom arrived illegally, can obtain protection from deportation and work permits. El Salvador originally received TPS directly from Congress in 1990 when the country was in the midst of a brutal civil war. The George W. Bush administration subsequently granted a TPS designation to El Salvador in 2001 after a series of earthquakes rocked the country.
DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen determined that conditions in El Slavador have improved to the point where it is safe for TPS recipients to return, ending the need for continued relief. The decision mirrors a similar determination the administration made in November, when it rescinded TPS for roughly 60,000 Haitians who had received protection following a major earthquake in Haiti in 2010.
The Trump administration also canceled TPS for Nicaragua in November, giving roughly 2,500 Nicaraguan immigrants until January 2019 to leave the U.S. or apply for another immigration status.
In winding down the TPS designations, the White House has stressed that the program is meant to provide temporary relief, not permanent residency in the U.S. The moves are consistent with the administration’s agenda to reduce levels of both legal and illegal immigration.
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