1. United States
2. N.Y.
3. Letter

I am writing to urge your office to ask President Biden to take immediate protective steps in anticipation of the Trump immigration agenda. In just a few weeks, President-elect Donald Trump will return to the White House where he has promised to roll out the largest deportation of immigrants in history no matter the cost. Considering he’ll be working with Republican majorities in Congress, there are fewer barriers to prevent him from making good on his promise. Below you’ll find a list of urgent recommendations to the Biden administration. These asks prioritize protections for specific and vulnerable communities and would limit economic and humanitarian harm. KEY REQUESTS: - Expedite adjudications for populations at risk of deportation and prioritize renewals of DACA and work permits - Extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for certain designations set to expire in the next year and consider new, critical designations - Take steps to extend designations for Nicaragua & El Salvador - Publish final guidance for TPS for Lebanon - Newly designate TPS for Democratic Republic of Congo - Halt expansion of the immigration detention system, release some detained people who pose no public safety risk, and dismiss removal cases of people who are not enforcement priorities. - Rescind two Trump-era rules that restrict access to humanitarian protection for asylum seekers If the first Trump administration is any indication, we should not take his threats of mass deportation lightly. These asks of the Biden administration could be the difference between immediate fear of deportation and months of protection for hundreds of thousands of immigrant families across the country. I ask you to urge Biden to extend protections for vulnerable immigrants before the start of the second Trump administration.