President Joe Biden intends to grant the quasi-amnesty gift of “Temporary Protected Status” (TPS) to the growing population of Nicaraguan migrants, per a Monday Politico report.
The Biden Administration’s plans for the move come amid “pressure from immigrant advocates and Democratic lawmakers,” Politico’s Maya Ward reported Monday, citing “three people familiar with” the situation.
“It’s not clear when the Department of Homeland Security [DHS] would roll out the policy, and plans were subject to change before final approval,” noted Ward. “The White House and DHS declined to comment.”
The TPS program grants temporary amnesty to 530,000 foreigners in the United States, as Breitbart News noted. The number does not include their U.S.-born children. The DHS reported that 4,250 Nicaraguans held quasi-amnesty status in 2021.
Last year border patrol agents had 163,876 encounters with Nicaraguan migrants, most of whom were allowed to seek…
