Democrats formally introduced one of the most ambitious plans to date to address legal and illegal immigration in the U.S., while at the same time signaling limits for those currently attempting to enter without documentation at the southern border.
Biden’s immigration plan begins what might be long journey through Congress
Catholic leaders urge TPS for Central Americans, aid for storm-ravaged nations
U.S. Catholic officials Feb. 10 called on the Biden administration to grant Temporary Protected Status for Central Americans and provide foreign aid to their hurricane-devastated nations.
Court sides with Trump on right to end TPS
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit said the president was within his rights to revoke the Temporary Protected Status (TPS.)
Catholic leaders urge U.S. government to declare TPS for Venezuelans
Bishop Joe S. Vasquez of Austin, Texas, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration, and Sean Callahan, President and CEO of Catholic Relief Services, have asked the U.S. government to designate Temporary Protected Status for Venezuela.
New head of CLINIC is experienced litigator, expert on immigration law
On March 8, Anna Gallagher, executive director of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, known as CLINIC, called a Department of Homeland Security decision to not redesignate Temporary Protected Status for those fleeing war- and corruption-scarred South Sudan “morally reprehensible.”
CLINIC says South Sudan TPS extension should have included new arrivals
Officials with the Catholic Legal Immigration Network criticized the federal Department of Homeland Security for its March 8 decision granting an 18-month extension of Temporary Protected Status for South Sudan because it does not include recent arrivals from the war-plagued country.
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.
Citing contributions to U.S., migrants demand permanent status
ast year, the Department of Homeland Security, which administers the program, announced it was ending TPS status for recipients from Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti and El Salvador in late 2018 and throughout 2019, saying conditions in those countries had improved and the migrants could safely return, even as the U.S. Department of State warned against travel to those nations.