# The Trump Administration Is Making a Mockery of Protecting Immigrants

https://mins.news/en/item/61222

- Bloomberg News, 2026-09-16 15:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-09-16/temporary-protected-status-for-immigrants-needs-reform-not-an-end?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6aaab60742d5dc00014721cf

> 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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