Extensive damage from back-to-back tropical storms in late 2020 in the middle of a pandemic has made a bad situation worse in Guatemala, prompting immigration advocates July 14, 2021, to call for a special immigration status in the U.S. for Guatemalan nationals.
TPS urged for Guatemalans; advocates say conditions in country are dire
Immigrant advocates from faith organizations hail TPS extension for Yemen
On July 6, 2021, the Biden administration announced an 18-month extension of Temporary Protected Status for the approximately 2,200 Yemeni nationals in the U.S.
Rally seeks U.S. designation of Temporary Protected Status for more nations
The protesters called on President Joe Biden to extend TPS to 15 countries.
Confusion arises over TPS for Salvadorans
Salvadorans with a special immigration status experienced whiplash in late October when the U.S. ambassador to El Salvador, in a video with the Salvadoran president Oct. 28.
USCCB migration committee chair backs bills for ‘Dreamers,’ TPS holders
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. bishops support efforts in Congress “to fully integrate hard-working ‘Dreamers’ and TPS holders” into the U.S., said Bishop Joe S. Vasquez […]
Temporary Protected Status extended for nationals from four countries
Due to a lawsuit, the Department of Homeland Security has extended TPS for El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan to January 2020.
DACA, TPS recipients face uncertain future, but say their love will endure
Love has its ways. And so does Facebook. That’s how Sadhana Singh and My Ford Noel met last April. She’s a “Dreamer” attending Trinity Washington University. He moved to Washington from Palm Beach, Florida.
Catholic groups decry end of immigration protection for Salvadorans
More than 200,000 Salvadorans, living under a special immigration status in the U.S., now face the prospect of staying in the country illegally or returning to a nation designated as one of the most dangerous in the world not at war, after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Jan. 8 that it was ending a provision called Temporary Protected Status after Sept. 9, 2019.