PoliticsThe Trump Administration Is Making a Mockery of Protecting Immigrants

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has tacitly agreed to keep shielding 170,000 Salvadorans from deportation after their protection was due to expire on Sept. 9. DHS says a decision will come “at the appropriate time,” leaving the immigrants and their families in a fearful limbo while easing pressure on El Salvador’s president and depriving Democrats of a potent midterm issue.

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