Washington, D.C. Since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, more than 1.5 million immigrants have lost—or are set to lose—temporary legal status as the administration moves aggressively to roll back immigration programs expanded under President Joe Biden. Immigration experts say the scope and speed of the policy shift is unprecedented in modern U.S. history.
The Trump administration has terminated Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 1 million people from 11 countries and ended humanitarian parole protections for more than 500,000 additional immigrants. TPS allows individuals from countries facing war, natural disasters, or extreme instability to live and work legally in the U.S. on a temporary basis. While lawful, the program does not provide a path to citizenship.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has argued that TPS and parole programs were “abused” under the Biden administration and pledged to sharply curtail them. Critics counter that stripping work authorization and deportation protections from such a large population will disrupt families, local economies, and key industries such as construction and health care.
Florida and Texas are expected to be among the most heavily impacted states, with hundreds of thousands of TPS recipients residing there. Immigrants from Haiti and Venezuela account for the majority of those affected, with economists warning that removing this workforce could shrink the U.S. economy by billions of dollars.
Dozens of lawsuits are challenging the terminations, but recent Supreme Court rulings have allowed the administration to proceed while litigation continues, leaving many immigrants in legal limbo.
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