Migrants eat a meal at the La Colaborativa day shelter in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on February 22, 2024. The shelter opened on February 20, and helps migrants, mainly from Haiti, build resumes, get work, receive health care.Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images
A temporary protected status, also known as TPS, is not a permanent legal status but protects against deportation, allows migrants to get a work permit, and sometimes travel authorization. In a statement, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said this extension is needed “due to extraordinary and temporary conditions in Haiti.”
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