Dara Lind

This is where we get into some really uncharted territory, both legally and policy wise, because the Trump administration said in one of its executive orders that it is going to review grants of TPS given under Biden. So

This is where we get into some really uncharted territory, both legally and policy wise, because the Trump administration said in one of its executive orders that it is going to review grants of TPS given under Biden. So

We don't know whether that means they're going to say that some of these 11th hour TPS grants shouldn't have been issued to begin with and try to argue that they shouldn't be forced to honor them or not. That's something that's not clear.

We don't know whether that means they're going to say that some of these 11th hour TPS grants shouldn't have been issued to begin with and try to argue that they shouldn't be forced to honor them or not. That's something that's not clear.

We don't know what happens to people who have applications for TPS who, you know, if you were paroled in under the CHNV, Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, Venezuelan parole program, But you were here as a Venezuelan when the Venezuela TPS extension was issued and you've applied. What is that? Can you be removed once your parole expires, even though you have this pending application?

We don't know what happens to people who have applications for TPS who, you know, if you were paroled in under the CHNV, Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, Venezuelan parole program, But you were here as a Venezuelan when the Venezuela TPS extension was issued and you've applied. What is that? Can you be removed once your parole expires, even though you have this pending application?

Are they going to try to do that? There are so many open questions about this, and it's really... It's concerning because frankly, a lot of these are folks who are not the most tapped in to high information news sources anyway. And so the uncertainty that they're facing and the potential legal complexity of what they're facing is really difficult to predict.

Are they going to try to do that? There are so many open questions about this, and it's really... It's concerning because frankly, a lot of these are folks who are not the most tapped in to high information news sources anyway. And so the uncertainty that they're facing and the potential legal complexity of what they're facing is really difficult to predict.

But we absolutely could be seeing a pretty aggressive clawback front on TPS. And You know, it's just going to depend on what they decide to announce from here and how much effort they're willing to spend on the USCIS side in sending, you know, individualized, no thank you, you don't have status anymore notifications and defending it in court.

But we absolutely could be seeing a pretty aggressive clawback front on TPS. And You know, it's just going to depend on what they decide to announce from here and how much effort they're willing to spend on the USCIS side in sending, you know, individualized, no thank you, you don't have status anymore notifications and defending it in court.

Yeah. And this is I mean, it's worth underscoring, even though we've been discussing it, that there is a difference between saying that somebody is legally vulnerable to deportation and actually taking the effort to deport them. And with TPS, you know, it is there. There is a certain extent to which the Trump administration has made it pretty clear that.

Yeah. And this is I mean, it's worth underscoring, even though we've been discussing it, that there is a difference between saying that somebody is legally vulnerable to deportation and actually taking the effort to deport them. And with TPS, you know, it is there. There is a certain extent to which the Trump administration has made it pretty clear that.

people who arrived under Biden are in their crosshairs. But in general, it is not necessarily true that somebody who had legal status and is going to have it sunset is going to become a target. But even just putting them in that pool puts them more at risk.

people who arrived under Biden are in their crosshairs. But in general, it is not necessarily true that somebody who had legal status and is going to have it sunset is going to become a target. But even just putting them in that pool puts them more at risk.

And it also makes it harder for them to plan their lives with TPS in particular, because so many of these people have had, you know, so many of these countries have had TPS for years and decades. These are people who have been making their lives in 18 to 24 month increments to begin with. And now you're giving even that assurance away from them.

And it also makes it harder for them to plan their lives with TPS in particular, because so many of these people have had, you know, so many of these countries have had TPS for years and decades. These are people who have been making their lives in 18 to 24 month increments to begin with. And now you're giving even that assurance away from them.

So it's a fairly profound change for the circumstances in which these people are living.

So it's a fairly profound change for the circumstances in which these people are living.

We absolutely do not know. When Russ Vogt got caught on a hot mic last year, well, it wasn't a hot mic. It was essentially a sting operation. The now, again, head of OMB who was running Project 2025, he said that,

We absolutely do not know. When Russ Vogt got caught on a hot mic last year, well, it wasn't a hot mic. It was essentially a sting operation. The now, again, head of OMB who was running Project 2025, he said that,