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Vance describes TPS as “fundamentally illegal” because it is granted by the executive branch, at its discretion, on a categorical basis.

In fact, however, the TPS program was created by an act of Congress that grants the executive branch the power to issue the status, at its discretion, on a categorical basis.

After the backlash, though, the organization amended the statement several times to try to clarify their position, saying there are “bad actors in the AI space,” but that they find “the categorical condemnation for AI to be problematic.”

Some cynics will note that this stops short of a categorical assertion that a youth mobility scheme will never happen.

"We have the records showing our categorical and mathematically irreversible victory," Mr González said.