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January 8, 2018

Temporary Protected Status for 250,000 Salvadorans to Be Decided Today
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In more news on immigration, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen
Nielsen faces a deadline today to decide whether to extend the temporary
protected status for more than 250,000 Salvadoran immigrants who have
lived in the United States for nearly two decades. The program, known as
TPS, protects a quarter of a million Salvadoran immigrants who came to
the United States before 2001, when a devastating earthquake destroyed
parts of El Salvador. The Trump administration has already said it will
end temporary protected status for tens of thousands of Haitian,
Nicaraguan and Sudanese immigrants living in the United States.


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