Temporary Protected Status for Immigrants Needs Reform Not an End

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has temporarily deprived Democrats of a potent midterm rallying cry and averted a crisis for El Salvador’s president, one of President Donald Trump’s top fanboys, by tacitly agreeing to continue shielding 170,000 El Salvadorans from deportation — a protection that was set to expire on Sept. 9. DHS now says that a decision “will be made at the appropriate time,” in effect suspending the immigrants and their families in a fearful limbo.