It’s clear that President Donald Trump’s administration cares little about the moral implications of summarily removing Temporary Protected Status from hundreds of thousands of immigrant families, who’ve used the humanitarian program to live safely in the United States after fleeing strife-stricken countries.
But there’s another factor at play as TPS holders suddenly become undocumented and subject to deportation: the impact of their removal on the economy. And both in California and elsewhere around the country, business groups and policymakers are fearing the fallout of another assault on the immigrant worker community.
