Judges OK Trump Decision to End TPS Amnesty for 300,000 Migrants

A three-judge panel in California’s Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals says President Donald Trump can end the temporary amnesty provided to roughly 300,000 migrants from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Sudan.The 2:1 decision on September 14 is an important win for Trump, but it will be appealed further by pro-migration groups and by business groups and cities that gain from the resident population of mostly lower-skill migrants.For example, the Salvadoran migrants got their “Temporary Protected Status” (TPS) and work permits in 2001 from President George W. But Bush and President Barack Obama repeatedly renewed the status, even though El Salvador recovered from the earthquakes.In 2017, Trump announced he would end the TPS status because El Salvador and the countries had recovered from their disaster, even though they remained poor.Trump’s policy would likely help Americans — including lower-skilled legal immigrants — by opening up new jobs, raising wages, and bringing down housing prices.Pro-migration groups protested Trump’s anti-TPS policy, saying the 300,000 migrants — and perhaps roughly 200,000 U.S. citizen spouses and children — would lose from the decision.“Despite overwhelming evidence that Trump’s TPS terminations were motivated by racism, this action will move forward and it now clears the way for the Trump Administration to de-document and tear apart 400,000 families,” said a statement from the National TPS Alliance.