In a not unexpected move, the Secretary of Homeland Security, Kirstjen M. Nielsen, announced on May 4, 2018 that Temporary Protected Status would terminate for Honduras on January 5, 2020. This will give the approximately 60,000 Honduran TPS beneficiaries eighteen months to arrange for their departure or seek an alternative lawful immigration status. The American
Temporary Protected Status for Nepal to End in June 2019
By Manpreet K. Gill on
Posted in TPS, Trump Administration
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 9,000 Nepalis nationals who have been living in the United States since 2015 will terminate as of June 24, 2019.
The Secretary of DHS Kirstjen Neilsen stated, “[T]he disruption of living conditions in Nepal from the April 2015 earthquake and subsequent aftershocks that served as the basis for its TPS…
Update on Deferred Enforced Departure for Liberians
By Forrest G. Read IV on
Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for Liberians will terminate on March 31, 2019.
USCIS has now published filing instructions in the Federal Register for those Liberians affected who wish to extend their employment authorization through the DED termination date. Employment authorization is automatically extended until September 30, 2018 for Liberian DED beneficiaries who have employment…
Deferred Enforced Departure for Liberians to End
By Forrest G. Read IV on
Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for Liberians, a humanitarian relief program similar to TPS (Temporary Protected Status), will terminate on March 31, 2019 according to a formal memo released by President Donald Trump. Liberian DED was set to expire on March 31, 2018. President Trump announced that there will be twelve-month wind down period to ease…
New Tool to Help You Determine TPS Work Authorization
By Michael H. Neifach on
Posted in TPS
The Trump Administration has announced the upcoming termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan and the temporary extension of TPS status for Honduras, Nepal, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria and Yemen. With each termination or extension, the Administration also publishes information on how the effected TPS beneficiaries may extend their…
NAACP Suit: Ending Temporary Protected Status for Haiti Is Discriminatory
By Jackson Lewis P.C. on
Posted in TPS, Trump Administration
The NAACP has filed a suit in federal district court in Maryland alleging that ending Temporary Protected Status for Haiti was racially discriminatory and part of a plan to reduce immigrants of color to the U.S. (Nat’l Ass’n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Dep’t of Homeland Sec., D. Md., No. 1:18-cv-00239,…
DHS Issues Re-registration Information for Salvadorans in Temporary Protected Status
By Michael H. Neifach on
Posted in TPS, Trump Administration
Following the official Federal Register notice of the termination and re-registration period for Haitian TPS beneficiaries, DHS also has published the notice of termination and re-registration period for El Salvadoran TPS beneficiaries.
Haitian TPS beneficiaries will terminate on July 22, 2019. The 60-day re-registration period will run from January 18, 2018, to March 19, 2018. …
Haitian Temporary Protected Status Re-registration To Begin
By Michael H. Neifach on
Posted in TPS, Trump Administration
The long-awaited announcement of the 60-day re-registration period for Haitian TPS beneficiaries is about to be published in the Federal Register on January 18, 2018. The re-registration period will begin immediately upon publication.
The Acting Secretary of DHS announced on November 11, 2017, that TPS for Haitians, previously set to expire on January 22, 2018,…
Temporary Protected Status for Salvadorans in U.S. to End in 2019
By Michael H. Neifach & Amy L. Peck on
Posted in TPS, Trump Administration
Ending all speculation, the Secretary of Homeland Security has announced the end of temporary protected status (TPS) for approximately 200,000 Salvadorans who have been in the United States since 2001, following two earthquakes in El Salvador.
The termination will be delayed for 18 months, until September 9, 2019, to allow for “an orderly transition.” This…
Haitian TPS Program Will End in July 2019
By Michael H. Neifach on
Posted in TPS, Trump Administration
Six months after then-Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly announced the extension of Haitian Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for only six months (until January 2018, when he would reevaluate the determination), Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke announced her decision to terminate the designation with a delayed effective date of 18 months. She said…