{"id":43644,"date":"2025-09-03T12:25:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T19:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=43644"},"modified":"2025-09-03T12:25:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T19:25:23","slug":"as-end-to-tps-looms-s-f-supervisors-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/03\/as-end-to-tps-looms-s-f-supervisors-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"As end to TPS looms, S.F. supervisors protest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>S.F Board of Supervisors unanimously condemns Trump administration\u2019s latest move to end TPS status for three countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cropped-cropped-xueer-PROFILE-PIC-1-scaled-2.jpg 2x\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cropped-cropped-xueer-PROFILE-PIC-1-scaled-2.jpg\" alt=\"A person with long dark hair smiling outdoors, wearing a light blue shirt. Trees and sky are in the background.\"> by\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/xueerl\/\">XUEER LU<\/a><\/strong> September 2, 2025 (MissionLocal.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_2215-780x585.jpg\" alt=\"A woman speaks at a podium decorated with a sign reading &quot;Renew TPS,&quot; while two other women stand nearby in front of a government building.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">District 9 Supervisor Jackie Fielder gave a speech at the rally supporting Temporary Protected Status holders. Photo by Xueer Lu. Sept. 2, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/support-our-publication\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ML-Fundraising-2024-1-930x620.jpg\" alt=\"Comic strip showing a newspaper's various reader engagement methods: in the park, drive-in, print delivery, and data visualization online.\" class=\"wp-image-668615\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-read-mission-local-often\">Read Mission Local often?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Help&nbsp;<strong>grow our newsroom<\/strong>, joining the hundreds of San Franciscans who support us by giving below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/support-our-publication\/\">Donate today!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five supervisors stood Tuesday afternoon with labor organizers and immigrants to condemn the Trump administration\u2019s move to end Temporary Protected Status for over 60,000 immigrants from Honduras, Nicaragua and Nepal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe termination of any of the current countries that receive Temporary Protected Status directly affects our immigrant communities in San Francisco,\u201d said District 9 Supervisor Jackie Fielder, who introduced a non-binding&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfgov.legistar.com\/View.ashx?M=F&amp;ID=14563081&amp;GUID=AFF0F676-A54A-4815-879B-7F1F8AC091B3\">resolution<\/a>&nbsp;urging the California federal delegation to urge Congress to establish a permanent pathway for Temporary Protected Status holders.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Trump Administration\u2019s order has been upheld by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and on Sept. 8, the immigrants will lose their protected status \u2013 this includes their ability to remain in the United States or to work here legally.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/mission-local-logo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mission Local logo, with blue and orange lines on the shape of the Mission District\" class=\"wp-image-639216\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Want the latest on the Mission and San Francisco? Sign up for our&nbsp;<strong>free daily newsletter<\/strong>&nbsp;below.Sign up<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Fielder\u2019s side at the steps of City Hall were Supervisors Myrna Melgar, Chyanne Chen, Shamann Walton, and Bilal Mahmood. The resolution itself passed with unanimously on Tuesday afternoon at the Board of Supervisor meeting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_2221-853x640.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people stand on the steps of a government building holding banners and signs, with a woman speaking at a podium.\" class=\"wp-image-784257\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">District 7 Supervisor Myrna Melgar gave a speech in Spanish at the rally supporting Temporary Protected Status holders. Photo by Xueer Lu. Sept. 2, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs your city attorney, I can share with you that our office is doing everything we can to stand with our immigrants because we know how far our country has fallen from the promise of the Statue of Liberty,\u201d said City Attorney David&nbsp; Chiu, whose office&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/assets\/home\/downloads\/pdf\/press-releases\/2025\/61-1.pdf\">filed amicus briefs<\/a>&nbsp;on July 29 highlighting the \u201cdeep integration into American society\u201d of the city\u2019s immigrant population, and warning that ending their status would \u201ccause irreparable harm\u201d to communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have to stand together,\u201d Chiu said to the 30 or so people who attended the rally.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Created by the U.S. Congress as part of the Immigration Act of 1990, \u201cTemporary Protected Status\u201d protects nationals from countries undergoing civil wars or environmental disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, drought and epidemics from deportation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Temporary Protected Status designation has to be renewed every six, 12 or 18 months, depending on the arrangement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kimberly, a city worker attending the rally, said that this had been true for her mother, Janeth. She arrived in Los Angeles at age 23, after being displaced from Honduras by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hurricane_Mitch\">Hurricane Mitch<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Violence, disease, and infrastructural damage caused by the hurricane made returning to Honduras dangerous enough that the U.S. kept renewing TPS status for Hondurans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like many other TPS holders, the only way for her mother to stay in the United States was to renew her TPS status every two years, Kimberly said. Progressing from TPS status to a green card or citizenship is difficult, and her mother wasn\u2019t able to obtain either.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe only thing that they give you with TPS is work authorization and deportation protection and to be legally present here,\u201d Kimberly said. \u201cSo it literally is just for labor.\u201d&nbsp; Her mother spent the last two decades working as a nurse at Kaiser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Sept. 8, 2025 will be her last day. Her mother is not willingly retiring, Kimberly said. Her employment is terminated because of the Aug. 20 court ruling that allowed the Trump administration to proceed with terminating TPS status for several countries, including Honduras.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>NPR<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/08\/21\/nx-s1-5509433\/appeals-court-allows-protected-status-migrants\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;that the decision will impact some 51,000 Hondurans and 3,000 Nicaraguans, whose TPS designations are set to expire on Sept. 8, as well as some 7,000 people from Nepal whose designations will expire on Aug. 5. Once their designations expire, these immigrants will face deportation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_2226-853x640.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people stand on steps in front of a building holding signs supporting TPS and climate action during a public rally or press event.\" class=\"wp-image-784254\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">City Attorney David Chiu gave a speech at the rally. Photo by Xueer Lu. Sept. 2, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kimberly said that her mother has been working seven days straight ahead of her layoff on Sept. 8. \u201cShe needs all the money that she can get because she has a mortgage,\u201d Kimberly said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her mother has no idea if she can get her money from her retirement account or her pension in any way if she\u2019s in Honduras. She doesn\u2019t know if she will have a chance to be called into work on Monday, Sept. 8. She doesn\u2019t have any family in Honduras anymore.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMentally, she\u2019s not okay,\u201d Kimberly said. \u201cPhysically, she\u2019s still showing up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark>LATEST NEWS<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/09\/pop-up-arts-collective-finds-new-home-at-former-lucca-ravioli-site\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/York-Street-5-1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"Pop-up arts collective finds new home at former Lucca Ravioli site\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/09\/pop-up-arts-collective-finds-new-home-at-former-lucca-ravioli-site\/\">Pop-up arts collective finds new home at former Lucca Ravioli site<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/09\/facing-20-years-on-fraud-arson-charges-and-still-allegedly-towing-cars\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_1325-1200x900.jpeg\" alt=\"Facing 20 years on fraud, arson charges \u2014\u00a0and still allegedly towing cars\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/09\/facing-20-years-on-fraud-arson-charges-and-still-allegedly-towing-cars\/\">Facing 20 years on fraud, arson charges \u2014&nbsp;and still allegedly towing cars<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/09\/sf-supervisors-resolution-temporary-protected-status-tps-honduras-nicaragua-nepal\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_2215-1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"As end to TPS looms, S.F. supervisors protest\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/09\/sf-supervisors-resolution-temporary-protected-status-tps-honduras-nicaragua-nepal\/\">As end to TPS looms, S.F. supervisors protest<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-support-the-mission-local-team\">Support the Mission Local team<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/dolores2-edit-930x623.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people posing outdoors with a city skyline in the background on a sunny day.\" class=\"wp-image-662510\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re a small,&nbsp;<strong>independent, nonprofit newsroom<\/strong>&nbsp;that works hard to bring you news you can&#8217;t get elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2025, we have a lofty goal: 5,000 donors by the end of the year \u2014 more than double the number we had last year.&nbsp;We are 20 percent of the way there:&nbsp;<strong>Donate today and help us reach our goal!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mission-local.donorsupport.co\/-\/XBYXMEZK\">Donate!<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/xueerl\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/xueerl\/\">XUEER LU<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:xueer@missionlocal.com\">xueer@missionlocal.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\">California Local News Fellow,<\/a>&nbsp;working on data and covering City Hall. I graduated from UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism with a Master&#8217;s Degree in May 2023. In my downtime, I enjoy cooking, photography, and scuba diving.<a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/xueerl\/\">More by Xueer Lu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>S.F Board of Supervisors unanimously condemns Trump administration\u2019s latest move to end TPS status for three countries. by\u00a0XUEER LU September 2, 2025 (MissionLocal.org) Read Mission Local often? Help&nbsp;grow our newsroom, joining the hundreds of San Franciscans who support us by giving below. Donate today! 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