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The bill eliminates statutory temporary humanitarian protections like TPS: it may modestly reduce administrative discretion and federal program costs, but does so by stripping legal status from beneficiaries—creating immediate risks of family separation, deportation, danger on return, economic disruption, and new burdens on local governments.
Federal agencies and taxpayers may see some reduction in administrative burden and program costs by eliminating the statutory authority to grant Temporary Protected Status (fewer TPS designations to process and oversee).
The change restores a stricter statutory limit on temporary humanitarian protections, which proponents could argue increases clarity and predictability in immigration enforcement and limits executive discretion.
Supporters may claim it reduces incentives for future irregular migration to the U.S. by narrowing temporary humanitarian relief options.
People with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and similar beneficiaries will lose legal immigration status and be required to leave the U.S. within 60 days, causing immediate risk of family separation and economic hardship for affected households.
Former TPS holders will become unlawfully present after 60 days, increasing their exposure to detention and deportation by immigration authorities.
Individuals forced to return to countries with ongoing danger could face serious health and safety risks, including violence, instability, or lack of medical care.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Repeals the TPS statute, ends all TPS grants on enactment, and requires TPS holders to depart within 60 days.
Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to repeal the authority to grant temporary protected status, and for other purposes.
Introduced April 23, 2026 by Andrew S. Clyde · Last progress April 23, 2026
Repeals the federal Temporary Protected Status (TPS) law and immediately ends all existing TPS designations. People currently in the U.S. under TPS would lose that lawful status on the date of enactment and must depart the United States within 60 days or otherwise be treated as unlawfully present. The bill removes the statutory authority for DHS and the Attorney General to grant TPS going forward, terminating the program and affecting TPS holders, their families, employers, service providers, and federal agencies that administer immigration relief and enforcement.