Ned Lamont proposed spending $5 million Wednesday from a special state reserve to support Connecticut residents recently impacted by Trump administration changes to immigration rules and particularly to Temporary Protected Status provisions. U.S. Supreme Court decisions in late June allowed the Trump administration to end protected status for thousands of Haitians and Syrians and permitted federal officials to turn away asylum-seeking immigrants arriving along the U.S.-Mexico border. Losing Temporary Protected Status through no fault of their own should not mean losing the stability they have built here.” I want to make it clear that these individuals have been here under a legally protected status.” “Our state’s legal citizens have also ‘called Connecticut home for years, raising families, building businesses, contributing to our economy and enriching the fabric of our state.’”