The Trump administration still hasn't reached a decision, plunging the Salvadoran community into uncertainty and raising questions about what has prompted the delay.
LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 9, 2026 - - Rocio Veliz, Parent and Youth Senior Organizer at Central American Resource Center (CARECEN,) looks over banners with one stating, "TPS Residency Now!" at CARECEN in Los Angeles on September 9, 2026. TPS banners are being made for Fiesta de Central America this Saturday in MacArthur Park. Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from El Salvador is set to expire tomorrow on Sept. 9. Around 170,000 Salvadoran immigrants could face deportation if the Trump administration does not move to extend the program. The Trump administration and the Department of Homeland Security have yet to publish an announcement ending or extending the program. El Salvador was first designated for TPS in 2001, after major earthquakes damaged parts of the region. It is the longest-running TPS designation in U.S. history, so many immigrants under the program have built their lives here over decades and have U.S. citizen children. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
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