More than 80 members of the House of Representatives have signed a letter calling for Temporary Protected Status for an estimated 1.5 million aliens from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
Most of the 1.5 million are currently living here in illegal status.
Three of the four nations already have TPS in place because of one or more previous rounds of TPS status; Guatemala would be new to the system.
It might be useful to tally all the nations that are proposed for TPS and those now enjoying it or a somewhat similar status, Deferred Enforced Departure, and the number of people covered by these proposed and actual rulings.
April and May 2022 TPS rulings: Cameroon, 11,500; Afghanistan, 72,500; and Ukraine, 59,600, according to Federal Register tallies; note that these numbers are different from refugee numbers - that's a different system.
If the current TPS and DED beneficiaries can be estimated at about half a million, then this proposal would quadruple this protected, largely illegal, population.
Of the 84 members signing, 82 are Democrats with votes; only one is a Republican, Marie Salazar of Florida; the 84th is Eleanor Holmes Norton who is non-voting member.
https://cis.org/North/More-80-House-Members-Want-TPS-15-Million-Central-Americans
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