美國將終止薩爾瓦多人臨時庇護待遇

The U.S. government will suspend a protection extended to some 262,500 citizens of El Salvador who have lived in the United States for nearly two decades, senior administration officials announced Monday.

Temporary Protected Status, which shielded these El Salvador nationals from deportation following devastating earthquakes in 2001, will end Sept. 9, 2019.

On that day, those who have lived and worked legally in the United States for nearly two decades will revert to the immigration status they had before they received TPS, if it is still valid. They also have the option to apply for other immigration benefits, like family- or work-based visas.

The decision will almost certainly leave some Salvadorans in an undocumented status, making them immediately vulnerable to deportation.

In a regularly-scheduled review of the conditions in El Salvador, the Trump administration determined that the Central American country had recuperated enough from those natural disasters for its nationals in the United States to return, a senior administration official told journalists in a conference call Monday morning.美國政府高級官員星期一宣佈，美國政府將停止給在美國居住了將近20年的大約26萬2500薩爾瓦多人的臨時庇護待遇。

美國政府在2001年薩爾瓦多發生災難性大地震之後所給的臨時保護身份讓在美國的這些薩爾瓦多人可以不被遣返，但這個臨時身份將於2019年9月9號到期。

從那天開始，這些在美國合法生活和工作了將近20年的薩爾瓦多人將恢復他們在得到庇護之前的移民身份，但是他們當時的身份必須有效。他們還可以申請其它移民身份，例如探望家人或工作簽證。

美國政府的這項決定會讓一些薩爾多瓦人成爲所謂的“無證移民”，馬上面臨被遣返的威脅。

美國政府的一名高級官員星期一上午對記者說，通過定期審議薩爾瓦多的狀況，川普政府認定這個中美洲國家已經從災害中得到相當恢復，可以讓在美國的薩爾瓦多人返回祖國。