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Bombshell Biden Memo: Not So Temporary TPS to Shield Illegals & Trap Trump in Years of Lawsuits

The article says Biden’s administration considered TPS expansions and that he later extended protections for nearly one million noncitizens.

Bombshell Biden Memo: Not So Temporary TPS to Shield Illegals & Trap Trump in Years of Lawsuits
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This article1 analysis · Oct 2, 2026
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Sen. Eric Schmitt says he released a newly obtained Biden administration memo discussing ways to expand Temporary Protected Status before President Trump took office. The article presents the memo as an effort to impede Trump’s deportation plans and notes that Biden later extended TPS for nearly one million noncitizens.

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Former president whose administration considered and extended TPS protections

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Eric Schmitt
R · MO · SEN

Senator who released the memo and criticized the reported TPS proposals

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President whose planned deportations are described as a target of the proposed TPS measures

Former Homeland Security secretary mentioned in a reader comment

ALSO MENTIONED  Barack Obama, Former president speculatively named in a reader comment as a possible senior adviser; Susan Rice, Former official speculatively named in a reader comment as a possible senior adviser

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Schmitt Releases Memo on Biden Advisers’ TPS Proposals

Outlets agree that Sen. Eric Schmitt publicized a memo describing Biden administration advisers’ proposals to expand Temporary Protected Status. Right-leaning outlets frame the proposals as an effort to hinder Trump’s immigration plans or shield migrants from deportation; American Thinker also connects the memo to voter-registration concerns.

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