Some 170,000 Salvadorans with TPS anxiously await program’s end: ‘My life is in the United States’
On September 9, Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador expires and the Trump administration has not proposed renewing it
On September 9, approximately 170,000 Salvadorans who hold Temporary Protected Status (TPS) are anxiously awaiting the expiration of the program. This program, in place for over two decades, has permitted them to live and work legally in the United States. Since its reinstatement in 2001, Salvadorans have been the first recipients of this status, following their initial grant in 1990 due to the country's civil war.
The program has required annual renewals every 18 months, and beneficiaries have diligently adhered to the requirements, paying fees and integrating into the country they now consider their own, more so than their country of birth. Over the course of a quarter-century, they have mastered the English language, launched businesses, raised families, and invested in homes, becoming integral to the nation's economic and social structure. However, the cessation of TPS would cast them into a precarious situation.
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