Ukraine and Sudan immigrants retain US deportation protections
Summarised from 2 outlets · 3 reports · Updated 19 Oct, 16:57 · Archive
Ukrainians and Sudanese immigrants will keep their temporary US deportation protections, the Department of Homeland Security said as the programs were set to expire.
The Department of Homeland Security confirmed on Sunday that Ukrainians and Sudanese immigrants enrolled in the Temporary Protected Status programme would retain their deportation protections, even as the programmes were set to expire on Monday.
DHS said final decisions on the humanitarian immigration programmes would 'be made at the appropriate time', but nationals of Ukraine and Sudan in the TPS programme would 'retain protection' until those decisions are announced. The move represents a temporary reprieve for tens of thousands of Ukrainians and hundreds of Sudanese immigrants.
The decision stands in contrast to the Trump administration's broader approach to TPS. Trump administration officials have described TPS as a de facto amnesty policy abused by the previous administration and have revoked protections for more than a million immigrants from over a dozen countries, including Afghanistan, Haiti and Venezuela, as part of an aggressive immigration crackdown. The programmes for Ukrainian and Sudanese nationals are among a handful of TPS policies that have remained in place nearly two years into President Trump's second term, alongside protections for tens of thousands of immigrants from El Salvador, whose TPS programme was also retained last month.
How it is being reported
- Homeland Security grants temporary deportation reprieve for more than 100K Ukrainians and SudaneseMore than 100,000 people from Ukraine and Sudan can stay in the U.S. without fear of deportationIndependent World · 19 Oct, 19:04
- US extends temporary protections for Ukrainian and Sudanese immigrants – at least for nowA Homeland Security spokesperson said announcements on Ukrainian and Sudanese TPS holders would ‘be made at the appropriate time’, but protections would remain for nowIndependent World · 19 Oct, 16:38
- Ukraine, Sudan immigrants to retain deportation protections for nowThe TPS protections of tens of thousands of Ukrainians and hundreds of Sudanese immigrants were officially slated to terminate on Monday.CBS News · 18 Oct, 18:44
In this story: Ukraine · Sudan · Department of Homeland Security · Trump · United States · Afghanistan · Haiti · Venezuela
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