Trump Administration Extends Protections for 170,000 Salvadorans as Haitians Face Deportations
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 9
Trump Administration Extends Protections for 170,000 Salvadorans as Haitians Face Deportations
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 9
Summary
More than 170,000 Salvadorans kept Temporary Protected Status on Wednesday after the Trump administration said it would not cancel the program for now, preserving legal residence and work authorization.
DHS said El Salvador's TPS technically expired Wednesday but Salvadorans already covered remain protected until the department issues a formal announcement at an unspecified later time.
The decision diverges from the administration's treatment of roughly 350,000 Haitians, whose protections expired in July and who have since faced deportations and expanded electronic ankle monitoring.
El Salvador's Nayib Bukele has become a key White House ally on deportations, and analysts say preserving TPS also helps him politically because remittances from Salvadorans in the U.S. are vital to his country's economy.