US Extends Protections for Immigrants From 'Dangerous Countries'
The Facts
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday announced an 18-month extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from four countries designated as too dangerous for return.
This move allows current enrolled beneficiaries from El Salvador, Sudan, Ukraine, and Venezuela (more than 900K individuals) to re-register to renew work permits and deportation protections until fall 2026.
The Spin
Democratic narrative
By extending deportation protections set to expire next spring just days before leaving office, Biden took a courageous step to virtually block Trump from terminating the TPS for several countries — at least for this year. If this temporary status program ever comes to an end, law-abiding, integrated immigrants and the American economy would suffer the most.
Republican narrative
It's shameful that the lame-duck administration has issued a decision tying the hands of the president-elect for 18 months. The so-called temporary program has long become de facto permanent, and its primary goal isn't to prevent deportations but rather to give wage-cutting, rent-spiking illegal aliens work permits to root them in American society.
