President Joe Biden has more than tripled the number of foreign nationals allowed to remain in the United States through a quasi-amnesty program, the Congressional Research Service has revealed.
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) was first created under the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1990 and allows federal immigration officials to deport nationals of countries designated as experiencing famine, war, or natural disaster. prevent that.
Since the Clinton administration, TPS has turned into a quasi-amnesty program as the Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations have continually updated the program for different countries.
Under the Biden administration, TPS has swelled to unprecedented levels.
Latest Congressional Research Services report More than 1 million foreign nationals remain in the United States thanks to TPS. Additionally, citizens of Hong Kong, Palestine, Lebanon, and Liberia will remain in the United States through Deferred Departure (DED).
When Biden took office in late January 2021, fewer than 320,000 immigrants were in the United States as a result of TPS.
Currently, 17 countries have received TPS designation: Afghanistan, Burma, Cameroon, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Haiti, Honduras, Lebanon, Nepal, Nicaragua, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Venezuela, and Yemen.
Most of the TPS immigrants are concentrated in multiple states including Florida, Texas, New York, California, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Indiana, Washington, Utah, Colorado, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. are.
Biden's expansion of TPS for Venezuelans and Haitians is particularly notable because the designation is related to the wave of illegal immigration at the southern border from Venezuela and Haiti.
About 900,000 For example, Venezuelans living in the United States have TPS or are newly eligible for the program thanks to the Biden administration. Similarly, more than 300,000 Haitians were given TPS earlier this year.
Despite TPS reaching historic levels, Senate Democrats are calling on Biden to quickly provide TPS to hundreds of thousands more immigrants in the United States who currently do not have immigration status.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) told MSNBC, “We're asking the administration to intervene now to protect some immigrant communities, TPS recipients, DACA recipients.” Ta.
Under Biden's watch, the foreign-born population has already reached a record high of nearly 52 million people, or about 15.5% of the U.S. population. At the current pace, the foreign-born population is expected to reach more than 82 million by 2040.
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Please email jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here.
