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Trump administration silence has 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants hoping they're protected
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Trump administration silence has 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants hoping they're protected

  • By GISELA SALOMON - Associated Press
  • Updated

A deadline for the Trump administration to decide whether about 200,000 immigrants from El Salvador can remain protected from deportation has passed without any public announcement. It's raising hopes among many for another six-month extension, but it's also sowing confusion. The Department of Homeland Security has been quiet about its plans, saying Thursday that it would make an announcement “at an appropriate time” and that Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador remains in effect for now. The silence has advocates, employers, families and others scrambling to figure out what may happen next.

Temporary protections for about 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants are in limbo as deadline nears
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Temporary protections for about 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants are in limbo as deadline nears

  • By GISELA SALOMON - Associated Press

Temporary legal protections for about 200,000 immigrants from El Salvador are in limbo as a deadline nears for the Trump administration to decide on ending them, as they have for hundreds of thousands from Venezuela, Haiti and other countries. The Temporary Protected Status designation expires Wednesday. If the administration takes no action, TPS will be automatically extended for six months. TPS was initially granted for El Salvador in 2001 after devastating earthquakes in the Central American country. Under TPS, people already in the United States can remain if it's deemed unsafe for them to return.