Temporary protections for about 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants are in limbo as deadline nears
- Temporary legal protections for about 200,000 immigrants from El Salvador was in limbo Wednesday as a deadline neared for the Trump administration to decide if they should end, as it has done for hundreds of thousands from Venezuela, Haiti and other countries.
- The Temporary Protected Status designation expires Wednesday but the statute does not give a specific time for when that happens.
- If the Department of Homeland Security takes no action, protections are automatically extended for six months.
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- Temporary legal protections for about 200,000 immigrants from El Salvador was in limbo Wednesday as a deadline neared for the Trump administration to decide if they should end, as it has done for hundreds of thousands from Venezuela, Haiti and other countries.
- The Temporary Protected Status designation expires Wednesday but the statute does not give a specific time for when that happens.
- If the Department of Homeland Security takes no action, protections are automatically extended for six months.
Sources: The Independent