As the Trump administration dismantles Temporary Protected Status, Salvadorans may be next

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Temporary Protected Status for roughly 170,000 Salvadorans, first granted in 2001 after earthquakes killed thousands and displaced a sixth of the population, is set to expire September 9 with no word from the Department of Homeland Security on renewal. Rep. Jim McGovern says he asked Secretary Markwayne Mullin directly and got no response; DHS did not respond to the outlet's request for comment either.

Under the Trump administration, TPS designations have collapsed from 17 countries to four, and the Supreme Court ruled this summer that ending TPS isn't subject to judicial review, clearing the way for faster terminations. The administration's position is that conditions have improved enough for return, even as the State Department warns against travel to some of the same countries losing protections.

Advocates note Salvadoran TPS holders contribute $5.4 billion to the U.S. economy and $1.5 billion in taxes, and that remittances make up over a quarter of El Salvador's GDP. None of that appears to factor into whether an announcement gets made before the deadline.

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Twenty-five years of background checks and fingerprints and renewed work permits, and the government still can't be bothered to answer a congressman's letter before the clock runs out. Telling people a country is safe enough to send them back to while your own State Department warns against visiting it isn't policy, it's just not answering the phone and calling it a decision. The 60-day notice isn't a courtesy, it's barely enough time to sell a couch.

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