General Discussion

“Though Trump may ultimately succeed in ending TPS for some immigrants, some legal experts believe that is unlikely to happen during the early days of his administration after his second presidency begins on 20 January.

“There’s a fear among the Haitian community that TPS is going to end on 20 January, and I don’t think that is very likely for a number of reasons,” said Katie Kersh, a senior attorney at the non-profit law firm Advocates for Basic Legal Equality.

“The strain any deportation effort would place on an already stretched immigration court system would be significant.”

Even if the program was ended, Kersh says, current law allows for a court hearing that could take months or years to take place. Similarly, immigrants who have asylum applications filed also have an opportunity to have that application heard.”

I think Trump believes that he has immunity to do about anything he chooses. He will ignore our asylum laws and deport undocumented workers until the economic consequences start affecting his billionaire backers and hurting their businesses. I suspect that Musk employs hundreds and perhaps of undocumented workers in his huge factory outside Austin. Of course, his factory will never be subjected to a workplace raid, but workers may fear it will and decide to leave.