Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
"The Secretary of Homeland Security may designate a foreign country for TPS due to conditions in the country that temporarily prevent the country's nationals from returning safely, or in certain circumstances, where the country is unable to handle the return of its nationals adequately."
"The government's site says 'TPS does not lead to permanent resident status,' and strictly speaking, that is correct; the attorney general can terminate it, at which point the people in question revert to their original status - i.e., in most cases go back to being illegal aliens. But in practice, TPS is renewed as many times as necessary to ensure that no one is deported. Only in the smallest of cases, involving a few dozen or at most a few hundred people, has this 'temporary' status actually been ended without everyone getting a green card, and as far as I know, no one has ever been made to leave because they lost TPS."
A Ninth Circuit Panel Says that Sometimes 'Temporary' May in Fact Mean Temporary
Topics: Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
Salvadoran President Wants TPS Extended for Salvadorans in U.S.
Topics: Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
How to Deal with Bahamians in U.S. Immigration Policy, Post-Dorian
Confronting a moral dilemma
Few Venezuelans At Risk of Deportation
Only 584 of nearly 67,000 recent Venezuelan overstayers have been deported.
Topics: Temporary Protected Status (TPS)