Program providing protection for 325,000 illegal immigrants survives Trump criticism

A federal program that protects more than 325,000 illegal immigrants from deportation remains intact despite President Trump’s call for it to end.

Trump entered office in January 2017 criticizing his predecessors for renewing national memberships every 18 months in the Department of Homeland Security’s Temporary Protected Status program, which allows illegal immigrants from specific countries to remain in the country and work because the home country is unstable as a result of political or environmental problems. Trump said crises in those countries that began 20 and 30 years ago could not still affect the ability to repatriate its citizens.