Rafael Bernal at The Hill reports that people across a multitude of immigration statuses including Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders and Dreamers are now faced with the prospect of losing their legal status despite the fact that millions of immigrant workers are on the frontlines working to combat the... Continue »
A recording of the call is available here. A copy of the letter is available here. Earlier today, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders and immigration experts gathered to call on the House of Representatives to investigate the Trump administration’s termination of TPS in coordination with his 2020 re-election campaign.... Continue »
Administration Needs Accountability for Cruelly Terminating TPS to Benefit Trump 2020 Campaign Today, Democratic leaders in the House and Senate sent a letter calling for the State Department’s inspector general to investigate the Trump administration’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The letter follows a report released in... Continue »
In the span of one month, the Trump administration decided to extend but not redesignate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somalia and Yemen, abandoning thousands who would benefit from the status. Kevin Clarke at American Jesuit Review has an article exploring the decisions and highlights expert opinion from legal... Continue »
On January 17, 2020 the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it will extend, but not redesignate, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for an additional 18 months for 500 Somali nationals currently living in the U.S. The extension will exclude as many as 1,000 Somalis fleeing dangerous country conditions and... Continue »
On January 3rd, the Trump administration decided to extend but not redesignate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Yemen for another 18 months for nearly 1,500 TPS holders. While the extension is a welcome reprieve for Yemeni TPS holders already here in the U.S., the status only extends to current... Continue »
Congress Must Also Work to Pass Permanent Protections for Hundreds of Thousands of TPS Holders in Limbo The following is a statement from Pili Tobar, Deputy Director of America’s Voice, on the passage of a long awaited measure within the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act that includes an amendment... Continue »
Rafael Bernal at The Hill reports that in the wake of the recent Senate Foreign Relations Committee report released by Ranking Member Bob Menendez (D-NJ), organizations from around the country have signed a letter urging Chairman Jim Risch (R-ID) to hold investigative hearings on the allegations surrounding the Trump... Continue »
Last week, Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez at the Nevada Independent reported Senator Jacky Rosen (NV-D) has called for an investigation into the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) decision to terminate Temporary Protection Status (TPS) designations, which allows more than 300,000 people to build homes, lives, and businesses here in the... Continue »
“For the more than 300,000 immigrants in the United States with Temporary Protected Status, every day brings them one step closer to deportation.” A new op-ed for The Progressive penned by Oscar Chacón, co-founder and executive director of Alianza Americas, and Sulma Arias, immigration field director of the Fair... Continue »