November 27, 2019
Many immigrants with Temporary Protected Status face uncertain future in U.S.
By D’Vera Cohn, Jeffrey S. Passel and Kristen Bialik
Immigrants who have time-limited permission to live and work in the United States under a program known as Temporary Protected Status (TPS) face an uncertain future amid legal and political debates over their future.
Immigrants from 10 nations have Temporary Protected StatusRoughly 317,000 people from 10 countries currently have this protected status after fleeing their home nations because of war, hurricanes, earthquakes or other extraordinary conditions that could make it dangerous for them to live there. The Trump administration has ordered an end to TPS benefits for nearly all immigrants who had them, stating that the program is meant to provide temporary rather than long-term relief. But a series of lawsuits challenging the administration’s decision have blocked those orders from taking effect, giving the vast majority of these immigrants a reprieve until early 2021.
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/11/27/immigrants-temporary-protected-status-in-us/