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Federal Court Rules TPS Can Be Terminated for El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Sudan

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals have ruled that the Department of Homeland Security may proceed with terminating Temporary Protected Status for four countries, El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Sudan. The decision also impacts the TPS designations for Nepal and…

Jenny ZhanSeptember 17, 2020

Deportation & Humanitarian Immigration

TPS for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan Extended in Compliance with Court Orders

The Department of Homeland Security will continue to extend Temporary Protected Stats (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan to comply with court challenges against DHS’s decision to terminate TPS for these countries. TPS is granted…

Jenny ZhanNovember 21, 2019

Deportation & Humanitarian Immigration

Temporary Protected Status Extended for El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan Nationals

On March 1, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security published a Federal Register Notice that Temporary Protected Status for nationals of El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan has been temporarily preserved. TPS is granted to certain groups of people in…

Jenny ZhanMarch 4, 2019

Immigration

US Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Termination of TPS for El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan Nationals

U.S. District Judge Edward Chen issued a preliminary injunction in a suite brought by a number of residents on Temporary Protection Status (TPS) against the implementation of a plan to end TPS for nationals of El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and…

Jenny ZhanOctober 4, 2018

Deportation & Humanitarian Immigration

Final Re-Registration Period for Haitian and El Salvador Nationals on TPS

According to a USCIS notice published on January 18, 2018, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti nationals will expire on July 22, 2019. Starting January 18, current Haitian TPS beneficiaries will have 60 days to re-register for the final time…

Jenny ZhanJanuary 19, 2018

Deportation & Humanitarian Immigration Immigration Law Changes & New Law

Trump Administration Ends Temporary Protection Status for Salvadorans

On January 8, 2018, the Trump administration announced that it will end Temporary Protection Status (TPS) for the 200,000 Salvadorans who came to the United States nearly two decades ago after El Salvador was hit with a pair of devastating…

Jenny ZhanJanuary 8, 2018