How many people are covered by temporary protected status?

More than a million people could soon be eligible for deportation after the Supreme Court permitted the Trump administration to strip humanitarian protections from certain nationalities. 

The high court’s ruling Thursday morning specifically concerns the inclusion of Haiti and Syria in the temporary protected status (TPS) program, which protects citizens from select countries from deportation and provides them a pathway to work authorization. 

The Homeland Security secretary is responsible for determining which countries can receive a TPS designation. Reasons for the protection include ongoing armed conflict, an environmental disaster, an epidemic or “other extraordinary circumstances,” according to the Congressional Research Service (CRS).  

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The Trump administration has threatened to end TPS protection for 13 out of 17 countries, but Thursday’s ruling specifically pertains to Syrians and Haitians covered under the........

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