数千名在美国的乌克兰人的法律保护将于本月晚些时候到期，特朗普政府可以选择续签、撤销或忽略该保护。
Legal protection for thousands of Ukrainians in the U.S. expires later this month, and the Trump administration could choose to renew, revoke or ignore it.
担心特朗普政府会取消美国乌克兰难民保护措施的国会议员希望总统考虑另一种选择：什么都不做。
Lawmakers afraid the Trump administration will cancel protections for Ukrainian refugees in the United States want the president to consider another option: Do nothing.
政府必须在10月19日之前决定是否为超过10万名逃离仍在肆虐其国家的战争的美国乌克兰人续签或取消临时保护身份（TPS）。虽然两党的一些国会议员都希望唐纳德·特朗普总统能续签该许可，但也有人支持一个备选方案——让该身份到期而不正式取消，从而触发自动延长六个月。
The administration has until Oct. 19 to renew or cancel temporary protected status for more than 100,000 Ukrainians in the U.S. who fled the war still ravaging their country. While a number of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are hoping President Donald Trump will renew the permission, some also support a backup option — letting the status expire without formally canceling it, triggering an automatic six-month extension.
这将使乌克兰TPS持有者处于一种“悬而未决”的状态，允许他们至少再在美国停留六个月。白宫在9月萨尔瓦多人在美国的类似保护到期时曾采取过这种做法。代表萨尔瓦多社区的国会议员对此并不满意——指出他们是否被允许在美国工作和学习尚不清楚。但自动延长规则排除了驱逐出境的可能性。
This would put Ukrainian TPS holders in a “limbo” status that would allow them to stay in the United States for at least six more months. That’s what the White House did when a similar protection expired for Salvadorans in the U.S. in September. Lawmakers representing Salvadoran communities weren’t happy about it — noting that it is unclear if they are allowed to work and study in the United States. But the automatic extension rules out deportations.
“如果政府试图驱逐乌克兰人，将会引发巨大的政治反弹，这是目前的一个主要因素，”一位熟悉国会两党乌克兰政策讨论的国会助理表示。“像萨尔瓦多那样让他们处于悬而未决的状态是有缺陷的，但这可能是政府可能采取的路径。”
“The significant political backlash that would come from the administration trying to deport Ukrainians is a major factor here,” said one congressional aide familiar with bipartisan Ukraine policy conversations on the Hill. “It’s flawed to keep them in a limbo status like El Salvador, but that might be a likely path for the admin.”