Temporary Protected Status was always meant to be just that ... I’ve lived in the U.S. for years, and my kids are U.S. citizens and have never even been to Nepal," said Sandhya Lama, a Nepalese TPS holder. "We are not an ‘emergency.’

This means that the Republican administration can move toward removing an estimated 7,000 people from Nepal whose Temporary Protected Status designations expired Aug. 5. The TPS designations and legal status of 51,000 Hondurans and 3,000 Nicaraguans are ...