The United States has ended federal protections shielding thousands of migrants from Nicaragua and Honduras from deportation, angering immigration and civil rights advocacy groups.

The decision by the Homeland Security Department to end protections for migrants from those countries goes into effect in about two months.

The Department of Homeland Security says it’s ending Temporary Protected Status for nearly 80,000 Hondurans and Nicaraguans in the U.S. This status, granted after Hurricane Mitch in 1998, allowed them