Despite President Donald Trump's assertion that undocumented foreign workers take away jobs from American citizens, the administration is extending work permits for six months for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants from El Salvador who receive Temporary Protected Status (TPS), The Daily Caller reported on Monday.
TPS, which is a designation for countries whose situation is considered too dangerous for its residents to return to, lasts for 18 months, but can be renewed by the secretary of Homeland Security.
El Salvador is currently one of 13 countries whose citizens are eligible to receive TPS, which in addition to work permits, entitles them to welfare, drivers licenses, social security, and protection from deportation. TPS for an estimated nearly 200,000 El Salvadorans is scheduled to end in March 2018 and work permits are due to expire this Thursday.
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Daily-Caller-Trump-Work-Permits-Immigrants/2017/03/06/id/777142/
