CounterPunch Exclusives

CounterPunch Exclusives

Don’t End TPS for Our Immigrant Neighbors

Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair

This February, a panel of conservative federal judges ruled that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can move forward with terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for immigrants from Nicaragua, Honduras, and Nepal.

For the over 60,000 immigrants impacted by this decision, this is an incredible loss. As Jessica Bansal, an attorney with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, writes, the “decision allows mothers, fathers, students, and workers who have lived lawfully in this country for decades to be stripped of status without even acknowledging the devastation caused to them and their families or the contribution they have made to their communities.”

Let’s be clear about what’s happening here: DHS is eliminating TPS for immigrants who are lawfully residing in the United States solely on the basis of their race, ethnicity, and nationality. They are turning documented immigrants into undocumented immigrants, slandering them as “killers” and “leeches” simply to create the pretext for more ICE violence.

This is not speculation. Before a judge........

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