ELENA AGUILAR came to America illegally from El Salvador in 1996 to escape her children’s violent father. Earthquakes in her domestic country in 2001 brought her friendly fortune of a sort: she was among 290000 Salvadoreans who received “temporary protected status” (TPS) from the American government. That allowed her to live and work in America—in York,Pennsylvania, renovating and renting out houseswhile El Salvador recovered. The American government has renewed Salvadoreans’ protected status periodically ever since. Ms Aguilar’s children have grown up in the country.
On January 8th the Trump administration said enough was enough. From September 2019 the 200000 or so Salvadoreans who still have TPS will have to leave if they cannot find a legal way to remain (see article). The Salvadoreans share their plight with 46000 Haitians, or who got...
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Source: economist.com