Trump and Vice President-elect Vance have both railed against TPS on the campaign, notably spreading conspiracy theories about Haitian immigrants in Ohio who were in the United States legally under the program. Their focus on the town of Springfield led to weeks of bomb threats and a pervasive fear among the area's Haitian immigrant community.

The Biden administration announced Friday it would extend temporary deportation relief of nearly 1 million people from El Salvador, Sudan, Ukraine and Venezuela, just days before Donald Trump enters the White House with a vow to restrict the program.