Press Release
Ending Temporary Protected Status Would Hurt All Working People
… Statement from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the administration’s decision to terminate TPS for working people from Nicaragua and leave Honduran TPS holders in limbo: The Temporary Protected Status program has enjoyed bipartisan support for decades because it provides broad benefits to our economy, as well as to people from countries suffering from disasters, violence and upheaval. For the labor movement, … and forcing them into the shadow economy will directly undermine our ability to raise wages and fight for equality at work. America’s unions will stand strong in defense of these hardworking men and women. We urge President Trump to extend …