Washington, DC – May 11, 2022: TPS activists rally at Union Station to call on the Biden administration to make good on the promise to continue the program along with creating a path to citizenship....
Temporary Protected Status: What You Need to Know
By Linda Nwoke A recent and unexpected surge of migrants that began as early as May has arrived in New York City, causing a swell of people staying in NYC shelters. In a briefing, Mayor Adams addresse...
AFL-CIO Calls on Mayorkas to Protect Immigrant Workers
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations in Washington, DC on November 26, 2016. (Shutterstock) The Biden administration has made a historic commitment to support work...
The US Response to Ukraine Shows we Have the Capacity for Humanitarian Relief
By Rebekah Wolf, Immigration Impact At the beginning of March 2022, as millions of Ukrainians were being displaced by Russian invasion, the U.S. government announced a series of policy changes to assi...
A New Win for Immigrants as USCIS Agrees to Restore Path to Permanent Residency for TPS Beneficiaries
Washington, DC – October 23, 2017: Immigration reform protesters demonstrate outside the White House calling for no further deportations and a means to gain legal residency and a path to citizenship...
Refugees Stream out of Ukraine – Can the World Cope?
Mar. 03, 2022: War of Russia against Ukraine. Civilians evacuated from Irpen town was transferd to Kyiv by Kyiv territorial defense battalion. War refugees in Ukraine. (Shutterstock) By Linda Nwoke It...
Cities for Action Leaders call on Biden Administration to Protect Immigrants From 15 Countries Using Temporary Protected Status
Marchers demanding the Biden administration make progress on immigration reform, including Temporary Protected Status for Cameroonians living in the U.S. – Washington, D.C. – May 1, 2021 (...
Redesignation Allows Additional Eligible Somalis To Apply for TPS and Employment Authorization Documents
Pending desperate people at the Dadaab refugee camp where thousands of Somalians wait for help because of hunger on August 07, 2011, in Dadaab, Somalia. (Shutterstock) WASHINGTON—The Department of H...
Haitian and immigration advocates say TPS is welcomed, but immigration fight not over
By Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald Immigration and Haitian community activists Monday lauded the Biden administration for protecting tens of thousands of Haitian migrants from deportation by allowing...
DHS Announces Open Registration for Temporary Protected Status for Burma
WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security today published a Federal Register notice (FRN) designating Burma for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, effective May 25, 2021, through...