A Fox News report says a newly disclosed memo from the final days of Joe Biden’s administration outlined options to expand Temporary Protected Status (TPS), potentially shielding more than three million people from deportation. The report argues that such a move would have complicated Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda after he returned to office, making TPS a significant point of conflict between the two administrations.

TPS is a humanitarian immigration status that allows eligible people from designated countries to live and work in the United States temporarily when conditions there make return unsafe; it does not itself provide a route to permanent residency. The article says Biden had already expanded the programme substantially and portrays the memo as evidence that officials considered further, wide-ranging protections before the administration ended. Any expansion would have depended on legal authority, country designations and subsequent implementation.