The secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Monday that she has decided to terminate the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for more than 200,000 Salvadoran nationals living in the United States — and El Salvador does not want to take them back.
DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced she is giving an 18-month extension to the protected immigrants to return to El Salvador who now must leave the U.S. by September 9, 2019. In a statement, DHS explained their decision:
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