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- U.S. President Donald Trump must decide whether to renew TPS for roughly 170,000 Salvadorans by September 9, 2026.
- TPS, created in 1990, grants legal residence and work authorization to eligible nationals.
- El Salvador was the first country granted TPS, awarded near the end of its twelve-year civil war.
- Julia, 37, arrived at ten and says she has only an hour to leave if TPS expires.