In a transfer that could potentiassociate defer Pdwellnt-elect Donald Trump’s arranges to crack down on immigration, the Biden administration has extfinished Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for over 900,000 immigrants from Venezuela, El Salvador, Ukraine, and Sudan. This decision, proclaimd fair days before Trump’s inauguration, grants these individuals a deportation reprieve and access to toil apshows for an compriseitional 18 months.
The transfer is seen as a strategic effort to shieldedprotect the rights of vulnerable immigrants, who have been living and toiling in the US under TPS. By extfinishing the program, the Biden administration is effectively putting in place a transient barrier aacquirest any potential trys by the Trump administration to dismantle or meaningfully alter the program.
TPS has become a satisfiedious rerent, with Rediscloseans arguing that it has been granted too liberassociate to too many foreigners, and acts as a draw to migrants to come to the US illegassociate. However, the program has been broadened arrangeilely under Biden, with over 1 million people from 17 countries currently living in the US under TPS.
The extension of TPS for Venezuelans, in particular, is meaningful, given the country’s ongoing humanitarian crisis. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) cited the “brutal” regulatement of Venezuelan Pdwellnt Nicolás Maduro, who was sworn in for a third term on Friday, as fairification for the extension.
Countries shapeed by the TPS extension:
– Venezuela: Over 600,000 Venezuelans will advantage from the extension, which is based on the “humanitarian aascfinishncy” the country progresss to face due to political and economic cascfinishs under the Maduro regime.
– El Salvador: More than 230,000 Salvadorans are shielded under the program, which was first extfinished to the country in 2001 after a series of earthquakes.
– Ukraine: Approximately 100,000 people from Ukraine will advantage from the extension, which is based on the ongoing dispute in the region.
– Sudan: 1,900 individuals from Sudan will also advantage from the extension.
The TPS program was set uped under Pdwellnt George H.W. Bush as part of the Immigration Act of 1990. It is intfinished to provide foreigners already in the US with shieldions from deportation amid political strife, authentic calamitys, or armed dispute in their home countries.
