- The U.S. government on Tuesday is planning to extend the temporary legal status of more than 300,000 immigrants whose deportation protections and work permits were targeted by the Trump administration, two current and former U.S. officials tell CBS News.
- The Biden administration will allow roughly 337,000 immigrants from El Salvador, Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua to continue living and working in the U.S. legally under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program, the sources said, requesting anonymity to describe the action before its formal announcement.
- The 1990 law authorizing the TPS policy, which the Biden administration has used at an unprecedented scale, allows federal officials to grant deportation relief and work authorization to migrants from countries beset by war, environmental disaster or another “extraordinary” crisis.
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U.S. To Extend Temporary Legal Status For 300,000 Foreigners That Trump Sought To End
Honduran migrants clash with Guatemalan soldiers in Vado Hondo, Guatemala, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. Guatemalan authorities estimated that as many as 9,000 Honduran migrants crossed into Guatemala as part of an effort to form a new caravan to reach the U.S. border. (AP Photo/Sandra Sebastian)
