She Guevara outside the White House in the rain

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday used a pro-immigration rally outside the White House to call for permanent residence for people in the U.S. with Temporary Protected Status (TPS).

Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) spoke in front of scores, if not hundreds, of supporters one day after President Trump held his own rally in El Paso, Texas, calling for funding for his long-sought southern border wall and support for his hardline immigration policies.

“We are here to make sure that all TPS recipients become permanent members of the United States of America,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
Pressley called TPS a “falsehood,” saying there is nothing temporary about it because its recipients have contributed to the country for decades. She said she also hopes to make the Trump administration “see the humanity” in TPS holders.

The White House under Trump has essentially ended TPS, terminating protections for all but 7,000 of the more than 300,00 affected residents.

Last year, the administration announced that it would end TPS for people from Honduras and Nepal. A group of people from these countries filed a lawsuit on Sunday, saying his actions were motivated by racism. LINK