The Trump administration will terminate deportation protections for thousands of migrants from Syria, homeland security officials said on Friday. About 1,000 more Syrians also had pending applications to join the program as of August, according to the Department of Homeland Security. is meant to be temporary.”Some immigration policy experts criticized the decision, saying that conditions in Syria were still unstable and that Syrians did not pose major terrorism risks. After more than a decade of civil war, rebels ended the Assad family’s brutal rule in Syria late last year. Although Syria’s new leaders have sought to move away from dictatorship, concerns over sectarian conflict and violence remain.