After tens of millions of unlawful international nationals have been launched into the nation by way of new parole applications created by the Biden administration, a minimum of a million have been granted momentary protecting standing (TPS) from deportation exterior of those parole applications. They embody residents of nations of international concern with ties to terrorism.
As of Sept. 30, 2024, roughly 1,095,115 international nationals have been granted TPS, in accordance with a new report from the Congressional Analysis Service.
They’re residents of Afghanistan, Burma, Cameroon, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Haiti, Honduras, Lebanon, Nepal, Nicaragua, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Venezuela and Yemen.
As violence escalated towards Israel, the Biden administration additionally granted TPS to Palestinians and Lebanese nationals.
TPS was granted as President Joe Biden continued to increase nationwide emergency orders citing nationwide safety threats associated to terrorism, threats posed by Afghanistan, Sudan, Syria, and different nations, international threats associated to weapons of mass destruction, and Islamic threats that escalated below his administration, The Heart Sq. reported.
The Secretary of Homeland Safety grants TPS, arguing the regulation provides discretion to take action. TPS can final for six to 18 months, however is commonly prolonged. For instance, an unknown publicly reported quantity from Liberia have been granted TPS since 2017, in accordance with the report.
Each time TPS is granted, DHS points an announcement explaining the phrases. For instance, on Oct. 11, DHS prolonged TPS standing to unlawful international nationals from El Salvador, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan by way of March 9, 2025.
These registered by way of this system are permitted to maintain submitting extensions. A re-registration course of is presently underway for Salvadorans by way of March 9, 2025.
These receiving TPS are granted deferred enforced departure (DED) standing, a short lived, discretionary, administrative keep of elimination. It “emanates from the President’s constitutional powers to conduct international relations and has no statutory foundation,” CRS explains.
Amongst these granted TPS and DED are 834,000 who illegally entered the U.S. or overstayed their visa and are illegally dwelling within the U.S., in accordance with the CRS report. The standing prevents them from being deported and grants them work authorization, which critics argue takes jobs away from Individuals and drains taxpayer assets related to welfare companies they obtain.
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Giant numbers of TPS international nationals dwelling within the US embody:
- 260,790 Haitians granted prolonged TPS by way of Feb. 3, 2026;
- 256,625 Venezuelans granted prolonged TPS by way of April 2, 2025;
- 248,775 Venezuelans redesignated TPS by way of March 3, 2026;
- 52,585 Hondurans whose TPS termination was rescinded and prolonged;
- 63,425 Ukrainians granted prolonged TPS by way of April 19, 2025.
Moreover, an unknown variety of Palestinians and Lebanese have been granted TPS and DED by way of August 2025 and January 2026, respectively, in accordance with the CRS report.
Initially, TPS was granted to 74,500 Afghans by way of Nov. 20, 2023. Nonetheless, in accordance with a number of experiences and considerations raised by the U.S. Home Committee on Homeland Safety, no course of was put in place to take away them as soon as TPS ended.
Based on the CRS report, solely 9,630 Afghans are presently granted TPS by way of Might 2025.
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to finish TPS, which was established by Congress within the Immigration Act of 1990, which former president George H. W. Bush signed into regulation.
In 2017 and 2018, Trump’s DHS terminated TPS designations for residents of Central American nations. In response, two class motion lawsuits have been filed. In September 2020, the ninth Circuit Court docket of Appeals overturned a decrease court docket’s injunction and permitted the TPS designation to be terminated. Biden reversed Trump’s insurance policies and expanded TPS authorizations.
Syndicated with permission from The Heart Sq..
After tens of millions of unlawful international nationals have been launched into the nation by way of new parole applications created by the Biden administration, a minimum of a million have been granted momentary protecting standing (TPS) from deportation exterior of those parole applications. They embody residents of nations of international concern with ties to terrorism.
As of Sept. 30, 2024, roughly 1,095,115 international nationals have been granted TPS, in accordance with a new report from the Congressional Analysis Service.
They’re residents of Afghanistan, Burma, Cameroon, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Haiti, Honduras, Lebanon, Nepal, Nicaragua, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Venezuela and Yemen.
As violence escalated towards Israel, the Biden administration additionally granted TPS to Palestinians and Lebanese nationals.
TPS was granted as President Joe Biden continued to increase nationwide emergency orders citing nationwide safety threats associated to terrorism, threats posed by Afghanistan, Sudan, Syria, and different nations, international threats associated to weapons of mass destruction, and Islamic threats that escalated below his administration, The Heart Sq. reported.
The Secretary of Homeland Safety grants TPS, arguing the regulation provides discretion to take action. TPS can final for six to 18 months, however is commonly prolonged. For instance, an unknown publicly reported quantity from Liberia have been granted TPS since 2017, in accordance with the report.
Each time TPS is granted, DHS points an announcement explaining the phrases. For instance, on Oct. 11, DHS prolonged TPS standing to unlawful international nationals from El Salvador, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan by way of March 9, 2025.
These registered by way of this system are permitted to maintain submitting extensions. A re-registration course of is presently underway for Salvadorans by way of March 9, 2025.
These receiving TPS are granted deferred enforced departure (DED) standing, a short lived, discretionary, administrative keep of elimination. It “emanates from the President’s constitutional powers to conduct international relations and has no statutory foundation,” CRS explains.
Amongst these granted TPS and DED are 834,000 who illegally entered the U.S. or overstayed their visa and are illegally dwelling within the U.S., in accordance with the CRS report. The standing prevents them from being deported and grants them work authorization, which critics argue takes jobs away from Individuals and drains taxpayer assets related to welfare companies they obtain.
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Giant numbers of TPS international nationals dwelling within the US embody:
- 260,790 Haitians granted prolonged TPS by way of Feb. 3, 2026;
- 256,625 Venezuelans granted prolonged TPS by way of April 2, 2025;
- 248,775 Venezuelans redesignated TPS by way of March 3, 2026;
- 52,585 Hondurans whose TPS termination was rescinded and prolonged;
- 63,425 Ukrainians granted prolonged TPS by way of April 19, 2025.
Moreover, an unknown variety of Palestinians and Lebanese have been granted TPS and DED by way of August 2025 and January 2026, respectively, in accordance with the CRS report.
Initially, TPS was granted to 74,500 Afghans by way of Nov. 20, 2023. Nonetheless, in accordance with a number of experiences and considerations raised by the U.S. Home Committee on Homeland Safety, no course of was put in place to take away them as soon as TPS ended.
Based on the CRS report, solely 9,630 Afghans are presently granted TPS by way of Might 2025.
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to finish TPS, which was established by Congress within the Immigration Act of 1990, which former president George H. W. Bush signed into regulation.
In 2017 and 2018, Trump’s DHS terminated TPS designations for residents of Central American nations. In response, two class motion lawsuits have been filed. In September 2020, the ninth Circuit Court docket of Appeals overturned a decrease court docket’s injunction and permitted the TPS designation to be terminated. Biden reversed Trump’s insurance policies and expanded TPS authorizations.
Syndicated with permission from The Heart Sq..
