Will the end of TPS mean a surge of deportations?

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published July 28, 2026 at 11:59 AM EDT

A federal agent wears an Immigration and Customs Enforcement badge at the immigration court at Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York, on Monday, June 9, 2025. (Yuki Iwamura/AP)

How might immigration and customs enforcement agents be gearing up for a surge in deportations as Temporary Protected Status ends for Haitians and Syrians? They could begin deportations at any time.

Host Indira Lakshmanan gets the latest from CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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