US homeland security secretary tells migrants to seek permanent status or leave

According to The Guardian, US Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told migrants on temporary protected status to seek permanent residence or leave the country. Mullin's remarks follow a Supreme Court decision last week that stripped humanitarian protections from over three hundred fifty thousand people, mostly Haitian and Syrian immigrants. The ruling could enable the Trump administration to deport these migrants to home countries plagued by conflict and instability.

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