"Everybody now, we don't know if we have a future or not," says Demidenko. With TPS status, the temporary shield from deportation is uncertain under the approaching Trump administration.
Trump has vowed a massive deportation campaign and sharp immigration restrictions, including slashing the TPS program, as he tried to do during his first term.
The program was established by Congress as part of the Immigration Act of 1990 for immigrants living in the U.S. whose home countries are experiencing armed conflict or other "extraordinary conditions."
Theresa Cardinal Brown states, "Once you get TPS status, that is a government authorization for you to stay," emphasizing the legal recognition TPS provides to immigrants.
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