Senate Democrats urge Biden to prolong safeguards for undocumented individuals prior to Trump administration's expiration.

Some illegal immigrants are being pressured by Senate Democrats to receive last-minute protections from deportation, as President Biden faces mounting pressure to make a decision before the Trump administration takes office and initiates a mass deportation operation.

This week, Senators Catherine Cortez Masto, Ben Ray Lujan, and Alex Padilla, all Democrats, held a press conference with immigration activists to renew their calls for President Biden to take action on illegal immigrants who are currently protected by Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

TPS offers protection to U.S. residents from unsafe countries, allowing them to work and avoid deportation. DACA, an Obama-era executive order, granted temporary residency to some undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.

The Trump administration is predicted to let TPS expire for numerous nations, as it tried to do in the first administration. Republicans have been highly critical of TPS, claiming that the Biden administration misused the tool. A bill presented by Sen.-elect Jim Banks in the House would limit TPS designations by mandating Congress to endorse them for 12-month terms and demanding additional actions from Congress to prolong them.

Trump has shown a readiness to negotiate with Democrats to permit DACA recipients to continue residing in the U.S.

Trump stated this week that he would collaborate with Democrats on a plan, but the Democrats have made it challenging to achieve anything. Despite this, Republicans are receptive to the Dreamers. The Dreamers, who were brought into the country many years ago, are no longer young people in many cases, and they have become successful.

Democrats urge Biden to act before Trump's mass deportation campaign is launched.

Cortez Masto urged the president to exercise his legal authority to provide certainty to long-term immigrant communities at a press conference.

She stated that the new administration plans to enact chaotic immigration policies that will separate families.

She was skeptical of Trump's promise to protect DACA administration due to his past actions in the first Trump administration, where he killed a bipartisan bill aimed at safeguarding the Dreamers.

Padilla advised President Biden to seize this opportunity to safeguard the long-term residency of immigrants and bolster the economy.

A letter from Democrats, including Sen. Dick Durbin, raised concerns about the incoming administration's impact on immigrants in their communities.

The window to secure and finalize your administration's policies is rapidly closing, and we urge you to act decisively between now and the inauguration of the President-elect to complete the important work of the past four years and protect immigrant families.

No indications have been made that Biden plans to act on DACA, and TPS extensions and redesignations are usually announced by the Department of Homeland Security. The White House did not respond to requests for comments from Planet Chronicle Digital.

The Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration's attempt to end DACA, and a lawsuit challenging the policy's legality is currently being reviewed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

In 2019, Trump proposed extending DACA protection for three more years in exchange for funding the southern border wall, but Democrats deemed it as "ransoming" the Dreamers.