Overview
- New York Gov. Kathy Hochul sent a letter Monday, August 17, to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin urging immediate restoration or extension of TPS for Haitians, Salvadorans and others.
- The Department of Homeland Security has defended ending TPS as a return to the program’s original temporary purpose and said the program has functioned as a de facto amnesty.
- The TPS designation for Haitians expired on July 27, removing protections for about 330,000 people, and El Salvador’s TPS, which covers roughly 170,000 people, is set to expire on Sept. 9.
- New York state and some local employers have begun severing the employment of Salvadoran and Haitian workers who lost authorization, a move officials say will hit health care and other essential services.
- Legal and political fights continue after the Supreme Court limited lower-court review in June, with state lawsuits and legislative efforts seeking to block or replace terminations but no final solution yet.