Just to be clear, when Congress created temporary protected status, it is a lawful status, a lawful status that this administration is trying to tear apart. And so I also want to thank the work that has been happening at the federal level. Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley valiantly secured a vote, a bipartisan vote to extend TPS for three years. That work was not easy. That was a result of a coalition, many of whom are standing behind us, that made relentless calls to anyone we possibly knew in Congress … (39:27–39:36)
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