Ahead of Trump’s taking office, the move shields Venezuelans, Ukrainians, Salvadorans and Sudanese from possible deportation for 18 months.

The Department of Homeland Security says about 600,000 Venezuelans and more than 200,000 El Salvadorans already living in the United States can legally remain another 18 months.

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Our country is an example to the world of peace, confidence and optimism,” proclaimed El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele in an end-of-year message posted on social media. “Nobody can deny it.” The president had reasons to feel good.

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Associated Press writers Marcos Alemán in San Salvador, El Salvador, and Rebecca Santana, in Washington, contributed to this report.

President Joe Biden's administration on Friday renewed deportation relief that currently covers 900,000 immigrants from Venezuela, El Salvador, Ukraine and Sudan, a move that would delay any attempts by President-elect Donald Trump to sunset those protections.

The U.S. keeps deporting people back to El Salvador, where they’re likely to be imprisoned and tortured. Patricia hasn’t heard from her son Rafael since the U.S. deported him to El Salvador in the spring of last year.

Some 937,000 immigrants from Venezuela, El Salvador, Ukraine and Sudan could benefit from the extension of temporary protections.

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