A recording of today’s call is available here.  Earlier today, a Yemeni Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holder and New York business owner was joined by advocates and a country conditions expert to discuss the urgent and critical need to extend TPS for Yemen for another 18 months as well... Continue »
“‘Trump administration favored a predetermined political decision’ to end TPS” Yesterday, litigators from the ACLU SoCal filed a letter to draw attention to new developments regarding Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in relation to the lawsuit Ramos v. Nielsen. The letter draws the court’s attention to the recent explosive Senate... Continue »
Is it a Hatch Act Violation?   Yesterday, Senator Menendez, as the Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), released a minority committee staff report outlining a highly irregular, improper, and illegal process used by the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for almost 400,000 people... Continue »
Yesterday, Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, spearheaded by Sen. Bob Menendez, released a report spotlighting that the Trump administration’s decision to accelerate the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) may have illegally put America’s national security and the lives of hundreds of thousands of US citizen children... Continue »
Today, Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Democrats released a report on how the Trump administration ended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the U.S. The report clearly indicates that political considerations for the Trump 2020 reelection campaign outweighed strenuous warnings... Continue »
 Trump was warned that terminating Temporary Protected Status “put national security, foreign relations, and the immigrants’ American-born children at risk, according to internal State Department documents.” In an exclusive article for Vox, Nicole Narea breaks that senior officials across government bureaus and agencies, from the State Department to consular... Continue »
“We will not go away silent” A recording of today’s press call is available here. On a press call today, a panel of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) holders, local Virginia leaders, and organizers discussed the ongoing terror integral members of Virginian communities are experiencing... Continue »
“We need legislation that continues to protect this community so we all thrive.” In a series of interviews and profiles by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative that highlights the courageous leaders of some of our nation’s most important issues, José Palma, National TPS Alliance spokesperson and coordinator, discusses his story... Continue »
“TPS holders and their families are not bargaining chips. They deserve a permanent solution, one that only Congress can give.” Below is statement from Douglas Rivlin, Director of Communication for America’s Voice, on the agreement between the U.S. and El Salvadoran governments regarding the announcement of a one-year reprieve... Continue »
Wind-Down Date for Liberian DED Holders: March 30, 2020 On Wednesday, Liberian Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) holders and allies rallied in Worcester, MA to support plaintiffs in the African Communities Together v. Trump lawsuit, brought by The UndocuBlack Network and African Communities Together. Steph Solis highlights the event that... Continue »