State Department OKs Departure of 300,000 ‘TPS’ Refugees
The Department of State says more than U.S.-based 300,000 foreign refugees can be returned home in the next few months, according to a Friday report in the Washington Post.
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World View: Last UN Peacekeepers Leave Haiti After 14 Years
Contents: The last UN peacekeepers leave Haiti after 14 years; Thousands of Haitians living in Miami scheduled for deportation in January
DHS Kelly: Repatriation of Haitians Is Good for Haiti
Foreigners given emergency refuge in the United States should go home when their emergency is over, says homeland security secretary John Kelly.
GOP Lawmaker Proposes End to ‘de Facto Amnesty’ System
A new piece of legislation by a Republican lawmaker would tighten current processes which give illegal aliens de facto amnesty under what is meant to be a temporary, protected status.
DHS John Kelly may Stop Visas, Work Permits for 50,000 Haitians
Homeland Security John Kelly will soon decide whether to send home roughly 50,000 Haitians who have been living in the United States on temporary visas since 2010.
Obama Extends Somali ‘Protected Status’ Before Exit
In the final week of the Obama Administration, the outgoing Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) extended the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somali nationals and others for an additional 18 months. The program was not scheduled to expire until March 2017.
DHS Extends Temporary Amnesty to Syrian Nationals in the U.S.
The Department of Homeland Security is redesigning and extending Temporary Protected Status to thousands of Syrian nationals already residing in the United States, DHS Sec. Jeh Johnson announced Monday.
Rep. Gutiérrez Presses Obama Admin. To Extend Temporary Legal Status to Ecuadorians
Following last month’s earthquake in Ecuador, Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) is again calling on the Obama administration to shield potentially hundreds of thousands of Ecuadorians from deportation.
Some 270 Groups Press Obama to Extend ‘Temporary’ Amnesty to Central American Illegal Immigrants
Immigration activists are urging President Obama to shield hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants from Central American from deportation by extending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to migrants from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
DHS Allowing More South Sudanese Nationals to Remain, Work In U.S.
The Obama administration’s DHS is extending and re-designating South Sudan for Temporary Protected Status, allowing foreign nationals from South Sudan to legally remain and work in the U.S.
