A lesser known way the Trump administration is removing immigrants from the country

The Trump administration has cracked down on immigration. President Donald Trump has conducted more ICE raids, signaled tougher security at the border, and has prevented fewer legal immigrants from entering the country. The Trump administration is also trying to end humanitarian immigration programs. One of those is Temporary Protected Status or TPS. 

The Department of Homeland Security says many countries on the TPS list are no longer in crisis. But many representing immigrants in court say otherwise.

Megan Hauptman is a litigation staff attorney for the International Refugee Assistance Project. She is fighting the Trump administration to keep TPS for over 6,000 people from Syria. Over 1,500 of them live in Michigan alone.

What exactly is TPS status? And what would happen if more people were to lose it? Megan Hauptman spoke with The Metro's Robyn Vincent about this and more.

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