MIAMI — Temporary legal protections for about 200,000 immigrants from El Salvador expire Wednesday, but the statute does not give a specific time for when that happens.
\n\nOn Wednesday a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said in a statement to NBC News, “An announcement on El Salvador’s TPS will be made at the appropriate time. Until such announcement is made, Salvadoran individuals present in the U.S. under TPS retain protection.”
\n\nThe Trump administration has ended protections for hundreds of thousands of TPS recipients from Venezuela, Haiti and other countries.
\n\nIf DHS takes no action, protections are automatically extended for six months. This rare reprieve happened in May, when the protections were automatically extended to about 11,000 Lebanese, allowing them to stay and work in the U.S. for another 180 days.
\n\nAbout 200,000 people from El Salvador have lived in the U.S. since 2001 under TPS, which allows people already in the country to remain with work permits for renewable periods of up to 18 months, if the secretary of Homeland Security determines conditions are unsafe for return. They are eligible for work permits.
\n\nDuring President Donald Trump’s second term, Homeland Security has ended TPS for more than 1 million people…
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