Temporary Protected Status

People cross the low waters of the Táchira River near the Simón Bolívar international bridge between Venezuela and Colombia on March 4th, 2019.
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What Would Temporary Protected Status Mean for Venezuelans Who Have Fled to the U.S.?

Because the protection is only a temporary status and doesn't offer a path to citizenship, it puts recipients in a legal gray zone.

President Donald J. Trump at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on January 17th, 2019.
Social Justice

Liberian Civil Rights Groups See 'Racial Animus' in Trump Administration Refugee Policy

A new lawsuit alleges the Department of Homeland Security has not terminated DED-status for Liberians based on a sound determination of safety in Liberia.

Immigration activists shout slogans as they protest outside Trump International Hotel during a march on February 12th, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Activists called on Congress to grant permanent protections to immigrants with Temporary Protected Status.
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Viewfinder: Immigration Activists Demand Permanent Protection for Temporary Protected Status Holders

Immigration activists shout slogans as they protest outside Trump International Hotel during a march on February 12th, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

As a trial begins to try to protect Haitian immigrants under Temporary Protected Status from being deported back to Haiti, people demonstrate in front of the Eastern District of New York Federal Courthouse in downtown Brooklyn on January 7th, 2019, in New York City. President Donald Trump is trying to end TPS for Haitians. TPS allows immigrants to work and live in the United States following a natural disaster or an ongoing armed conflict in their home country. It was granted to Haitians following the 2010 7.0 magnitude earthquake that decimated the island nation and resulted in the death of 250,000 Haitians.
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Viewfinder: A Trial to Defend Haitian Immigrants' Temporary Protected Status Begins

As a trial begins to try to protect Haitian immigrants under Temporary Protected Status from being deported back to Haiti, people demonstrate in front of the Eastern District of New York Federal Courthouse in downtown Brooklyn.

Children hold posters asking the federal government to renew Temporary Protected Status during a press conference about TPS for people from Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador at the office of the Haitian Women of Miami on November 6th, 2017, in Miami, Florida.
Social Justice

A Federal Judge Rules That Trump's Immigrant Policy Was Racist, but Rights Advocates Remain Concerned for the Future

On the verge of a Kavanaugh confirmation, immigrant rights advocates doubt the courts will continue to uphold protections against what one judge this week called racist policymaking.

People hold Honduran flags at the border fence during a rally with members of a caravan of Central American asylum seekers and supporters on April 29th, 2018, in Tijuana, Mexico.
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The White House's Decision to Terminate Hondurans' Temporary Protected Status May Aid Lawsuits Against Its Immigration Policy

Lawsuits challenging earlier TPS cancelations charge the Trump administration was guided not by calculations over the nations' safety, but by racism.

People demonstrate in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals in New York City on October 5th, 2017.
Social Justice

Is Trump Solving the Immigration Court Backlog or Is He Funding It?

The White House appears to be at odds with experts over who is to blame for a sluggish immigration court system.

A father and his daughter walk through the South Texas countryside after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico into the United States to seek asylum on April 14th, 2016, in Roma, Texas.
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DHS Ends 200,000 Salvadorans' Protected Resident Status

Immigrant advocates worry that terminating Salvadorans' Temporary Protected Status will break up families.

A father and his daughter walk through the South Texas countryside after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico into the United States to seek asylum on April 14th, 2016, in Roma, Texas.
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The Trump Administration Is Close to Deporting Hundreds of Thousands of Salvadorans

The administration is set to rule on whether to extend temporary residency protections for Salvadorans.

Children hold posters asking the federal government to renew Temporary Protected Status during a press conference about TPS for people from Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador at the office of the Haitian Women of Miami on November 6th, 2017, in Miami, Florida.
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The White House's Crusade to Eliminate Temporary Protected Status Could Tear Families Apart

The Department of State sent a letter reportedly calling for the end of the Temporary Protected Status program, which keeps escapees from disaster in the country.