Jun 27 Watch 7:52 Venezuelan immigrants in Chicago live in fear after loss of temporary legal status By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Ryan Connelly Holmes The Trump administration announced Friday that starting on Sept. 2, Haitians cannot remain in the U.S. under temporary protected status. It’s part of a broader change by the administration to revoke legal protections for citizens of several countries, including Venezuela. Continue watching
May 30 Supreme Court allows Trump to strip humanitarian parole of 500,000 people from 4 countries By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The justices lifted a lower-court order that kept humanitarian parole protections in place for more than 500,000 migrants from four countries: Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Continue reading
May 19 Supreme Court allows Trump to strip Temporary Protected Status from some Venezuelans By Associated Press The status allows people already in the United States to live and work legally because their native countries are deemed unsafe for return due to natural disaster or civil strife. Continue reading
May 01 DOJ asks Supreme Court to end temporary legal protections for 350,000 Venezuelan migrants By Associated Press The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to strip temporary legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to being deported. Continue reading
Apr 01 WATCH: White House claims at briefing that deported man with protected legal status was a gang member By Associated Press In a complaint, the man's lawyers disputed the government’s claims. “Although he has been accused of general ‘gang affiliation,’ the U.S. government has never produced an iota of evidence to support this unfounded accusation,” the complaint stated. Continue reading
Nov 14 Trump could target temporary protections that more than 1 million migrants in the U.S. rely on By Anita Snow, Cedar Attanasio, Associated Press More than 1 million migrants are living and working legally in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status. Continue reading
Sep 23 Granting of temporary legal status for Venezuelan migrants draws mixed reactions By Regina Garcia Cano, Elliot Spagat, Associated Press The Biden administration's grant of temporary legal status to nearly 500,000 Venezuelans already in the U.S. may complicate its messaging abroad. Critics say it encourages others to come, but others say Venezuelans will come with or without prospects for temporary… Continue reading
Sep 21 U.S. allowing hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the country to work legally By Rebecca Santana, Elliot Spagat, Associated Press The Biden administration says it's granting temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who are already in the country as it grapples with growing numbers of people fleeing the South American country and elsewhere. Continue reading
Aug 18 Biden administration extends temporary legal status for Ukrainians living in U.S. By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press The Homeland Security Department says the move is expected to make 166,700 Ukrainians eligible for Temporary Protected Status, up from about 26,000 currently. Continue reading
Apr 15 Cameroonians in U.S. granted temporary protection from deporation By Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department said Friday it will temporarily shield people from deportation back to Cameroon, saying extreme violence between government forces and armed separatists in the African nation made it unsafe for them to return. Continue reading