对于超过十七万已经在美居住数十年的萨尔瓦多人来说，2026年9月9日本应是一个灾难性的日子。
For more than a hundred and seventy thousand Salvadorans who have been in the United States for decades, September 9, 2026, was supposed to mark a cataclysmic event.
使他们能够合法留在美国的特殊待遇——即临时保护身份（Temporary Protected Status）即将到期。如果特朗普政府拒绝续期，这些人的合法居留权将正式被剥夺。
The special dispensation that made it possible for them to remain in this country lawfully, known as Temporary Protected Status, was due to expire. If the Trump Administration refused to renew it, the government would officially strip them of their legal basis to remain here.
‘我正在准备行李，’一位自十岁起就居住在美国的37岁女性朱莉娅（Julia，她要求不使用真实姓名）在那周初告诉我，‘我只有一个小时的时间来逃离这艘即将沉没的泰坦尼克号。’
“I’m literally buying luggage,” Julia, a thirty-seven year-old who has lived in the U.S. since she was ten—and who asked not to use her real name—told me at the start of that week. “I have one hour to get out of the Titanic before it sinks.”
在建筑行业和其他利益集团的数月游说后，白宫悄悄暂停了取消数千名萨尔瓦多移民临时保护身份的命令。
The White House has quietly paused an order to end Temporary Protected Status for thousands of immigrants from El Salvador, a move that came after months of lobbying from the construction industry and other interest groups.