The Biden administration’s liberal use of a the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) led to 240% surge of foreign nationals protected from deportation and granted interim legal status in the United States, according to the most recent data from the research arm of Congress.
The data, which showed consistent increases in immigrants granted “TPS” status since President Joe Biden took office in early 2021, make up just part of the largest illegal and legal immigration surge in American history.
Critics say the Biden administration’s expansion of the number of immigrants protected with the status has worsened the migrant crisis and granted de facto amnesty to illegal immigrants. In raw numbers, TPS recipients increased from 320,000 at the beginning of Biden’s administration in April 2021 to 1,095,115 in the waning months of Biden’s term in December 2024, according to the most recent data gathered and published last week by the Congressional Research Service.
This is a 240% increase in TPS immigrants and occurred after the administration extended protections to several new countries.
You can read the most recent report from the CRS below:
CRS Temporary Protected Status and Deferred Enforced Departure.pdf
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