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Trump Admin Extends TPS for El Salvador Temporarily
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In Short: The Trump administration has announced it will not allow Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador to lapse, despite the status having expired on Wednesday.
Salvadoran immigrants with TPS in the U.S. will continue to have protections for now, according to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
A DHS spokesperson said, 'An announcement on El Salvador’s TPS will be made at the appropriate time.
This decision comes after President Donald Trump returned to the White House, following efforts to end TPS for countries like Venezuela, Haiti, and Afghanistan. Legal challenges to these efforts have been ongoing, with the Supreme Court siding with the administration in June.
The current administration argues that the program has been abused and that conditions in El Salvador have improved enough for immigrants to return home.
What's still developing
- Justices sided with the administration in June, paving the way for all injunctions against DHS' efforts to be lifted.
- In a statement to Newsweek, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed that El Salvador 's TPS designation would not lapse yet, despite the original deadline and the ongoing efforts to end the status for other countries in recent months.
- Newsweek reached out to the Salvadoran government for comment via email.
- For some, DHS has renewed the status multiple times, deciding whether to extend it every 18 months.
Sources
- Newsweeklink