Rep. Gomez Responds to DHS Decision to Delay Deportations as TPS for Salvadorans Expires

LOS ANGELES, CA — Today, U.S. Representative Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) released the following statement in response to the decision by DHS to delay deportations TPS for Salvadorans expires,

"With TPS for Salvadorans scheduled to expire today, more than 170,000 people, including 30,000 in my district, face being uprooted from lives built over decades in the United States. DHS’s decision to delay deportations offers some relief, but families deserve certainty, not prolonged fear." said Gomez. "TPS holders are our neighbors, friends, and family members. They deserve certainty, not to live in fear that any given day in America could be their last."