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Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by <a href="https://lipperalpha.refinitiv.com/" data-omtr-intcmp="topnav_more_refinitive_info">Refinitiv Lipper</a>. <br> Incoming deputy chief of policy Stephen Miller discusses President-elect Donald Trumps response to the border crisis on The Ingraham Angle.<br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Democratic senator</a> is calling on the Biden administration to extend deportation protections and work permits for illegal immigrants in the U.S., ahead of what is expected to be a historic mass deportation campaign by the incoming Trump administration.<br>Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., said in a <a href="https://x.com/SenCortezMasto/status/1864082688191463645" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">post on X</a> that "President Biden has the power to protect immigrant families, and I’m calling on him to use it."<br>She pointed to the use of Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which is a status administered by the Department of Homeland Security that allows nationals who are living in the U.S. already to obtain work permits and be shielded from deportation. <br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-conservative-group-reveals-roadmap-rebuild-new-us-immigration-system-from-ashes" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>TOP CONSERVATIVE GROUP REVEALS ROADMAP TO REBUILD NEW US IMMIGRATION SYSTEM ‘FROM THE ASHES’ </strong></a><br><span>Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto holds a Border Patrol challenge coin as she speaks about Republicans abandoning the bipartisan border deal during the Senate Democrats press conference in the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 6, 2024.</span> <span>(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)</span><br>TPS grants protection to nationals from countries considered unsafe to return them to. It has been used broadly by the Biden administration, including to protect hundreds of thousands of nationals from Haiti and Venezuela.<br>Meanwhile, the Biden administration has sought to provide additional safeguards for those protected <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">from deportation</a> via the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. That program benefited illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as minors.<br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/five-things-watch-immigration-border-security-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>FIVE THINGS TO WATCH FOR ON IMMIGRATION AND BORDER SECURITY IN 2025 </u></strong></a><br><span>President Biden speaks to reporters outside of St. Edmond's Roman Catholic Church in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, Aug. 31, 2024.</span> <span>(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)</span><br>"They are part of our communities, and what the president can do is just take legal action to extend their TPS statuses," Cortez Masto said on MSNBC on Tuesday. "But it's not just our TPS recipients. My hope is that the president, in the last two months, also quickly processes our <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/topic/daca" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DACA recipients</a> applications. We need to make sure our dreamers also have the ability to stay here, continue to be a part of the country that they grew up in."<br>The first Trump administration sought unsuccessfully to end DACA, and reduced the use of TPS. In the next administration, it is expected to either terminate TPS for many nationalities or allow them to expire without renewal.<br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF THE BORDER SECURITY CRISIS</u></strong></a><br>Cortez Masto highlighted the Trump campaign’s promise to launch a mass deportation campaign as a rationale for the extension of TPS and additional DACA protections.<br>"They're going to engage in mass deportation and nobody's safe," she said. "So that's why I'm asking the administration to come in and take action that they can now to protect some of the immigrant community, TPS recipients and DACA recipients, make sure that at least we're bringing certainty to them and keeping their families together."<br><a href="https://foxnews.onelink.me/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP</u></strong></a><br>The Biden administration moved on TPS as recently as October, when it both extended and redesignated TPS for <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-moves-shield-thousands-lebanese-nationals-us-from-deportation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lebanese nationals</a> – meaning that new nationals not initially covered could apply for protection. <br>The Department of Homeland Security estimated that approximately 11,000 Lebanese nationals would be eligible under both TPS and Deferred Enforcement Departure – a similar use of executive authority administered by the president.<br>Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.<br>He can be reached at <a href="mailto:adam.shaw2@fox.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">adam.shaw2@fox.com</a> or on <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamShawNY" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a><a rel="nofollow">.</a><br>Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content.<br>By entering your email and clicking the Subscribe button, you agree to the Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/privacy-policy">Privacy Policy</a> and <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/terms-of-use">Terms of Use</a>, and agree to receive content and promotional communications from Fox News. 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