Hundreds of thousands of individuals will be able to "rest a little easier" as a result of the Biden administration's decision to provide temporary deportation protection to the nationals of six nations, according to human rights organizations.
According to a statement submitted by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, the US stated on Thursday that the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for citizens of Haiti, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Sudan, and Nepal will be extended until June 30, 2024. (USCIS).At the end of the year, their legal standing in the US would expire.
When situations are temporarily too unsafe for residents to return, such as during an armed conflict or following natural catastrophes like earthquakes and hurricanes, Washington provides TPS to citizens of such nations.
TPS claimants are given work permits and are allowed to stay in the US without worrying about being expelled.
According to USCIS data, the extension will affect nearly 392,000 persons, 242,000 of whom are El Salvadoran nationals. Milena Mayorga, the Salvadoran ambassador to the US, tweeted a link to the document and added, "Thanks be to God."
The paper (PDF), which was sent to the federal register and will be formally published on November 16th, stated that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) made the announcement of the extension "to assure its continuous compliance" with directives resulting from two ongoing legal challenges.
According to plaintiffs in one of the petitions, the administration of President Joe Biden withdrew from settlement negotiations in October, putting the TPS registrants from those nations at risk of losing their status and perhaps providing them with further protections.
More than 300,000 residents of the six nations, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), were in danger of losing their legal status in the US after former President Donald Trump's administration attempted to revoke their TPS in 2017 and 2018.
Advocates for immigration and human rights applauded the move by the administration, and several gathered outside the White House on Friday to show their support.
Cristina Morales, a Salvadoran TPS holder and plaintiff in the lawsuit, said in a statement on Thursday that "tonight, hundreds of thousands of families who have lived in limbo for so long can rest a little easier."
Because of the strength of the community's voice and its demand for greater protection, the Biden administration took action to extend TPS, according to Morales.
Emi Maclean, a senior staff attorney at the ACLU Foundation of Northern California, stated that the battle to grant TPS recipients permanent status in the US would go on.
According to a statement from Maclean, "TPS holders still do not enjoy permanent residence, together with all the civil rights and political equality they deserve."
"The majority of the community's members were born and raised in this nation. They should not have to live in 18-month intervals; they should have legal permanent residence. As long as that demand is unmet, TPS holders, the TPS Alliance, and their allies will not relent.
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