Temporary Protected Status

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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.

Biden adminstration extends temporary protected status to Afghan refugees

By Ben Fox, Associated Press

Afghan refugees in the U.S. will be allowed to stay for at least 18 months under temporary protected status, a move that'll help some of the thousands who arrived following the American withdrawal from their country.

Supreme Court rules against immigrants with temporary protected status

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

A unanimous Supreme Court has ruled that thousands of people living in the U.S. for humanitarian reasons are ineligible to apply to become permanent residents.