(10 Jan 2025)
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Houston – 8 January 2025
1. Various of José Palma, a 48-year-old Salvadoran who has lived in the U.S. since 1998, is interviewed in his home in Texas.
2. SOUNDBITE (English) José Palma, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Recipient:
“TPS is very important because of the safety of my family in the United States and also for the safety of some of my family members in El Salvador. Because keeping TPS will help me to keep my job, keep living in the United States, and be able to drive, move around, and continue supporting my kids."
3. Pull-focus of framed old Salvadoran bank notes to José’s face.
4. Closeup of U.S. map
5. SOUNDBITE (English) José Palma, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Recipient:
“So for many Salvadorians, if you, if we were to lose TPS, for example, people will definitely lose their jobs. That will probably lead to some people losing their houses. For some TPS recipients from El Salvador are also business owners, and sometimes, that don’t get in the news. So they will probably have to close the business. And this means probably some people will get unemployed. And many people who are US citizens that work for TPS recipients will probably lose their job.
6. Mid of José Palma, a Salvadoran who has lived in the U.S. since 1998, in his home in Texas.
7. Mid of José Palma reflects on the purchasing power of the old Salvadoran banknotes in the 90s.
8. SOUNDBITE (English) José Palma, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Recipient:
“We are where we are with so much hate against immigrants, and for many people it’s because they don’t understand the immigration system.”
9. Mid of José Palma in his home office.
10. SOUNDBITE (English) José Palma, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Recipient:
“When it comes to TPS and the safety of the program with the new administration, for sure, there is no safety because we saw it back in 2017, he (Trump) actually tried to take TPS away, and it was because TPS recipients got organized and many community groups were able to support the community that the TPS continues."
11. Bottom to top tilt on framed old Salvadoran banknotes
12. SOUNDBITE (English) José Palma, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Recipient:
"People came with dreams and looking for opportunities like anybody else who’s coming to the United States is coming with dreams, looking for opportunities, looking for work, and to do the right thing of building their families."
13. Mid of José Palma holding a local oil lamp he says they used in El Salvador back in the day due to a lack of electricity.
STORYLINE:
More than 200,000 Salvadorans who have lived more than two decades in the United States can legally remain another 18 months, the Department of Homeland Security said Friday in one of the Biden administration’s final acts on immigration policy.
In explaining its determination, DHS said that the extension is due to "environmental conditions in El Salvador that prevent individuals from returning.”
The decision is the Biden administration’s latest in support of Temporary Protected Status, which he has sharply expanded to cover about 1 million people. TPS faces an uncertain future under Donald Trump, who tried to sharply curtail its use during his first term as president.
Congress created TPS in 1990 to prevent deportations to countries suffering from natural disasters or civil strive, giving people authorization to work in increments of up to 18 months at a time.
TPS for Salvadorans was to expired in March 2025 and was extended until Sept. 9, 2026.
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