White House Reiterates TPS Is Temporary Amid Possible DHS Rollback

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt underscored on Monday that Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is designed as a short-term humanitarian measure and “is not meant to be a permanent path to residency or citizenship in the United States.” Leavitt’s remarks followed a reporter’s question about indications that the Department of Homeland Security is preparing to end TPS protections for Honduran and Nicaraguan nationals. TPS, created by Congress in 1990, allows the U.S. government to grant temporary refuge to foreign nationals whose home countries are beset by armed conflict, natural disasters or other extraordinary conditions.