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Temporary Protected Status for several countries is in legal limbo. The legal status known as TPS is an immigration status that allows people to temporarily live and work in the U.S. because of dangerous conditions in their home country such as war or environmental disasters.  

Last fall, the Trump administration moved to end TPS for Somalia. It was set to end Tuesday, but a court ruling earlier in the month paused that. Additionally, on Monday the Supreme Court ruled to temporarily block the end of TPS for Haitians and Syrians.  

Ana Pottratz Acosta is an immigration law expert and visiting clinical professor of law at the University of Minnesota. She joined MPR News host Nina Moini to sift through the meaning of the legal back-and-forth.

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Legal challenges have put Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, in limbo. It leaves the future up in the air for immigrants from countries facing war and environmental disasters who rely on the program to stay and work in the U.S.

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Court rulings put deportation protections for Haitians, Syrians, Somalis in flux

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