PRESS RELEASE
For immediate release
August 21, 2026
Contact: press@alianzaamericas.org / (773) 638-4278
Chicago, IL — Nearly 100 transnational, national, state, and local organizations and over 170 faith leaders urge the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador. Salvadoran TPS holders remain in need of TPS humanitarian protection. A termination at this time would result in sending hundreds of thousands of Salvadoran TPS holders back into unstable condition. The humanitarian protection for Salvadoran TPS holders is scheduled to expire on Sept. 9, 2026. Given the current conditions in El Salvador, extending the designation is the right thing to do.
"TPS holders from El Salvador are our neighbors, friends, colleagues, faith leaders, highly-skilled workers, and small business owners who have built their lives in the United States for more than 25 years. Alianza Americas joins hundreds of faith leaders and communities in urging the Secretary of Homeland Security to extend TPS for El Salvador and protect more than 170,000 Salvadorans from being uprooted from the lives and families they have built here. At a moment when immigrant communities face tremendous uncertainty and fear, our faith and shared humanity call us to choose compassion, uphold human dignity, and love our neighbors without distinction. Extending TPS is an urgent act of justice and solidarity that can provide immediate relief. We will continue standing with Salvadoran communities and fighting for the permanent protections they and their families deserve," said Dulce Guzmán, Executive Director of Alianza Americas.
"Sending Salvadoran TPS holders back into unsafe conditions at a time where deportees in El Salvador are being detained without adequate representation, kidnapped, or potentially face some other harm, is cruel and can have a long-lasting harmful impact on those forced to return," said Elnora Bassey, a policy attorney at CLINIC. "At a time where immigrants are being targeted and lawful protections are becoming less available to those who need it, the administration has an opportunity to make a choice that demonstrates its ability to protect vulnerable populations and that we are a nation that demonstrates compassion for all people regardless of status."
As we wait on the administration to decide, CLINIC and Alianza Americas will continue to fight for the rights of our immigrant brothers and sisters and advocate that dignity and access to humanitarian protection must be available to those who need it.
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Alianza Americas is a transnational network of migrant-led organizations in the United States. We advocate for social justice, equity, and human rights in the Americas.
