Padilla and other Latino senators sent President Biden a letter asking him to redesignate eligible countries for Temporary Protected Status and speed up processing of DACA applications.

Democratic senators are urging President Joe Biden to extend temporary protections for migrants in the U.S. before he leaves office.

With less than six weeks before the Trump administration begins, thousands of DACA recipients and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders fear separation from

Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Alex Padilla (D-CA), and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) publicly called on President Joe Biden Wednesday to extend the timeline of protections for Dreamers, illegal immigrants who were brought to the country as children, and other groups protected through the Temporary Protected Status program.

Immigrants living legally in the United States fear if they lose their protected status, they will be swept up in mass deportations.