Jeh Johnson Admits TPS Is Supposed To Be ‘Temporary,’ Says We Need to Be ‘Sympathetic’ to El Salvadorans

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JOHNSON: "And this administration has definitely taken a much harder line on TPS than the previous administration, though I have to say temporary protected status is supposed to be temporary. For a number of people it's existed for years and years. I actually ended TPS for the nations in West Africa after we dealt with the Ebola crisis and ended it for certain class of Haitians in 2016. It is supposed to be temporary, but this administration has very definitely taken a harder line. I think we have to be sympathetic to the fact there are people who have been in this country for years and years with work authorization, the ability to work on the books, and when we terminate TPS we’re basically, as you say, sending them into the shadows."