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Democrats Urge President Biden to Protect Legally Present Migrants

Democrats are rallying nationwide to oppose President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial immigration policies, launching a wave of grassroots mobilization, legal challenges and legislative efforts aimed at protecting immigrant communities.

On Tuesday morning, a letter signed by seven leading Democratic Party senators seen by Newsweek was sent to President Joe Biden, urging him to act now to protect current legal migrants.

Trump has pledged to carry out the largest deportation program in U.S. history, shut down the CBP One app, end the catch-and-release policy and reinstate the “Remain in Mexico” program as part of his hardline immigration agenda. He has also vowed to go after those admitted into the United States under programs established to protect migrants from certain countries.

So, what do they recommend?

Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto told Newsweek that she had spoken to the White House about her proposals for President Joe Biden to extend protections to citizens who are in the country through TPS.

“There are horrific conditions in these countries that satisfy the provisions of TPS and this is an opportunity now for this administration to extend that status or provide that status based on those horrific conditions in those countries, because I know the next administration, their immigration policy is chaotic and President Trump has basically said he’s going to engage in master deportation and nobody’s going to be safe,” Masto said.

Currently, 16 countries are included on the list, including Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, along with Afghanistan, Burma, El Salvador, Syria, Ukraine and Yemen. The Biden administration did allow TPS to lapse for Venezuelans after two years in October, however.

That’s their plan? They do realize that courts have already ruled that TPS can be cancelled, right? If Biden does this the Trump admin should simply ship all the TPS folks to the neighborhoods of Biden and the senators.

In a withering critique, Padilla issued a stark warning that mass deportations will “rip” residents from their communities and lead to a “less prosperous” America, which would leave Americans paying “higher prices for everyday goods and services.”

“Trump’s threat to deport millions of people from the U.S. will rip longtime residents like DACA recipients, TPS holders, and immigrant essential workers away from their communities, leaving the American people to pay higher prices for everyday goods and services. Mass deportations will lead to a less prosperous America for all,” Padilla told Newsweek.

These are not their communities. Their communities are in different countries. TPS means they are here temporarily, not permanently. But, apparently, the 6 senators are upset that the people who clean their homes and cut their grass could be sent back home. And these same senators have protection from the crime and conditions the fake asylum seekers create.