By Alicia A. Caldwell, The Wall Street Journal The Trump administration is further tightening immigration rules for Haitians, as it plans to remove the country from a program for temporary seasonal jobs, weeks after ending a humanitarian program that allowed tens of thousands of others to live and work in […]
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By Miriam Jordan The Trump administration is ending a humanitarian program that has allowed some 59,000 Haitians to live and work in the United States since an earthquake ravaged their country in 2010, Homeland Security officials said on Monday. Haitians with what is known as Temporary Protected Status will be […]
TPS Terminated for Nicaragua; TPS Holders Should Review Alternate Immigration Options
8 Nov
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates
On November 6, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation would be terminated for Nicaragua, effective January 5, 2019. Since January 5, 1999, the TPS designation allowed certain Nicaraguans with continuous residence in the United States since December 30, 1998, to remain, live […]
‘We Want To Stay’: Haitian Immigrants In U.S. Fear End Of Temporary Protected Status
7 Nov
by Foster LLP, on News
For decades, the United States has provided immigrants from 10 countries, mostly in Central America, what’s known as Temporary Protected Status. Under this status, temporary visas allow them to stay and work in the U.S. and prevent them from being forced to return to home countries at war or devastated […]