Faced with a limited window of opportunity, a coalition of 138 civil, human, and immigrant rights groups is calling on President Joe Biden to act now to protect immigrants from President-elect Donald Trump’s promise of mass deportations.

In a letter to Biden obtained by The Hill, the groups say the president can use the power of executive action to shield immigrants from the incoming Trump administration’s immigration enforcement crackdown.

“There’s no doubt Donald Trump will impose far-reaching changes on our immigration system, dismantle legal pathways and reshape immigration enforcement as we know it,” the groups wrote. “There’s no time to waste.”

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