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DHS staff member says agency rolled back TPS extension to six months and halted certain grant funding
Summary
A Department of Homeland Security staff member said the agency reduced a Temporary Protected Status extension from 18 months to six months and announced a suspension of grant funding it said was being abused by NGOs to facilitate illegal immigration; the transcript provided no details on which grants or any formal vote.
A staff member at the Department of Homeland Security said the agency rolled back an 18-month Temporary Protected Status extension to six months and "stopped all grant funding that's being abused by NGOs to facilitate illegal immigration into this country."
The staff member said, "Secretary Mayorkas put in place an 18 month extension of the temporary protective status. I rolled that back. I rolled it back to the 6 months, that it always has been." The remarks were delivered in a short recorded statement; the transcript…
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