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  • Litigation

Ending Obstacles for Temporary Protected Status Recipients Seeking Legal Permanent Residence

This lawsuit challenges the government’s unlawful practice of depriving certain Temporary Protected Status holders from becoming lawful permanent residents.

  • Fact Sheet

Temporary Protected Status: An Overview

This fact sheet provides an overview of how Temporary Protected Status designations are made, what benefits TPS confers, and how TPS beneficiaries apply for and regularly renew their status.

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  • Blog

Temporary Protected Status for Nepal Designated Following Earthquake

June 24, 2015

On June 24, 2015, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it designated Nepal for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) based on the conditions resulting from the devastating earthquake in...

  • Blog

After Earthquake in Nepal, Bill Introduced to Grant Temporary Protected Status to Nepalese Nationals

May 4, 2015

One form of humanitarian assistance the United States can offer to Nepal, a country now recovering from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that flattened buildings and killed more than 7,000 people, is...

  • Blog

How Families Are Kept Apart by Current Immigration Laws

April 10, 2015

Family reunification has stood as a central pillar of the U.S. immigration system, dating back to 1965. Despite this, a new study by researchers Maria Enchautegui and Cecilia Menjivar shows that...

  • Blog

Government Threatens Families, Communities with Looming Temporary Protected Status Decisions

October 25, 2017

  The United States is currently home to an estimated 325,000 individuals with Temporary Protected Status (TPS), a temporary immigration status granted to nationals of specifically designated...

  • Fact Sheet

Temporary Protected Status in the United States

October 23, 2017
This fact sheet provides information about TPS holders from El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti.
  • Blog

Temporary Protected Status Terminated for Sudan, Extended for South Sudan. Who Is Next?

September 21, 2017

With the stroke of a pen, the Secretary of Homeland Security upended the lives of over 1,000 Sudanese nationals living in the United States with the announcement this week that Temporary Protected...

  • Practice Advisories

Court Decisions Ensure TPS Holders in Sixth and Ninth Circuits May Become Permanent Residents

September 11, 2017
This practice advisory addresses the TPS recipients who are most likely to benefit from Ramirez and Flores; other general categories of family and employment-based adjustment applicants who benefit from these two decisions; and options that may be available to TPS recipients who do not live within these two circuits.
  • Blog

Court Decision Ensures Many TPS Holders in Ninth Circuit May Become Permanent Residents

August 28, 2017

Hundreds, if not thousands, of noncitizens with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) now are eligible to apply for lawful permanent residence because of a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision. In...

  • Blog

How Many People Are at Risk of Losing Their Temporary Protected Status?

July 26, 2017

Over 300,000 individuals who currently have legal status could lose it if their Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is terminated over the course of the next year. Nationals of ten countries who have...

  • Blog

Haitian Nationals Will Receive Temporary Protected Status for 6 More Months – But Then What?

May 22, 2017

After a massive earthquake struck Haiti in 2010, nationals of the country have been allowed to live and work in the United States under an immigration status called Temporary Protected Status (TPS...

  • Blog

What Does the Future Hold for Haitians with TPS? The Trump Administration May Terminate It

April 24, 2017

Since a massive earthquake ravaged much of Haiti, nationals of the country have been allowed to live and work in the United States under a benefit called Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Their...

  • Amicus Briefs

Ramirez v. Dougherty - Ninth Circuit

March 31, 2017
The Council, with the American Immigration Lawyers Association, filed this amicus brief arguing that a grant of TPS satisfies the “admission” requirement for adjustment of status under INA § 245(a) and that, as a result, an individual who entered without inspection and later received a grant of TPS has been “admitted” and may adjust to lawful permanent resident status if otherwise eligible.
  • Blog

Calls for Temporary Protected Status for Central American Countries Continue to Grow

September 9, 2016
Endemic levels of violence have continued to pervade the Northern Triangle region of Central America..

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