Temporary Protected Status

What We’re Doing

Legislative Alert

Letter to Representatives in Support of the Dream and American Promise Act of 2019

The AFL-CIO urges representatives to support the Dream and American Promise Act of 2019 (H.R. 6), which will provide a well-earned path to citizenship for working people who have made positive contributions to society for decades.
Media Hit

Richard Trumka Says TPS and DACA Recipients Need a Pathway to Citizenship (New York Amsterdam News)

Press Release

Ending Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador Undermines Our Freedom to Fight for All Working People

Terminating TPS for El Salvador will not only destabilize families, communities, and workplaces, particularly in the construction, hospitality and service industries; it undermines our freedom to fight together for better wages and equality at work for all working people.
Blog

U.S. Government Turns Its Back on Migrant Rights—Again

Last weekend, the United States government announced that it would pull out of negotiations on the United Nations Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration ("Global Compact"). This decision abdicates U.S. leadership on a critical human rights issue and further weakens our position on the global stage.
Blog

Trump's TPS Decision Is Literally Tearing Families Apart

This week, the administration made the cruel announcement that it will strip away rights and work permits from 50,000 men and women from Haiti by ending their Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
Blog

The Faces and Stories of TPS Workers

Hundreds of thousands of people have been living and working in our country legally for many years through the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. Now they are at risk of having their status and work permits cruelly stripped away.