More than 1 million foreigners from 16 countries live legally in the United States under a program that protects them from deportation despite having entered without a visa.

Although the program is called “Temporary Protected Status,” it has become, in practice, permanent protection for most of the migrants, who are predominantly from Venezuela, El Salvador, and Haiti.

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