DHS Extends Temporary Protected Status for Immigrants from 6 Countries, Including Haiti

[cloudythescribbler]

Source: WLRN Miami

At least 400,000 immigrants from six countries, including Haiti, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua, who have been allowed to temporarily live and work in the United States, are getting their Temporary Protected Status benefits automatically extended for 15 months by the Department of Homeland Security.

The extension means that the TPS beneficiaries, who also include nationals of Sudan and Nepal, can continue to legally live and work in the United States and, for now, avoid being placed in deportation proceedings.

The 15-month automatic extension decision was announced by DHS Thursday and will be filed in the Federal Register. The extension is part of DHS’ compliance with various orders issued by federal district courts in three separate federal lawsuits. The lawsuits were first filed under the Trump administration as it tried to end TPS designation for Haiti, Central American nations and others, and it has since been extended to the Biden administration.

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Someone might want to add more extensive coverage of this important development as it appears in press

WLRN is affiliated w/Miami Herald; NY Times doesn't appear to have anything on it yet even online.

[AZLD4Candidate]

1. Yet spouses of American citizens languish waiting for interview and a process designed to keep them

out, written by two of the biggest bigots in Congress in 1952.

Why are American citizens trying to reunite with their families overseas and bring them here not granted the same thing as refugees? Does family mean nothing to the US Government, except as a political prop?

No American's family should be separated at the border. This happens more than I can stress. It happened to me. . .It happened to my district Superintendent, and it has happened to at least 6,000 other Americans this year alone.

My wife and I have been separated 13 months and my 8th year anniversary is in two days. It will be the second one I've missed because the US Government's abhor "legal" immigration policies, written by Pat McCarran and Francis Walter (whose group financed that awful Charles Murray book "The Bell Curve)."

On top of that, the CBP has no oversight and doesn't care. They will create law because they have complete unchecked power at the border, so much as telling Americans that their first amendment rights don't apply and that we can "do whatever we please."

[BumRushDaShow]

2. There seems to be some confusion (at least by me) about this

since an extension, that this is apparently referenced, was published in the Federal Register last month - https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/08/03/2021-16481/designation-of-haiti-for-temporary-protected-status

The above extension had apparently been announced this past May - https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-05-22/us-again-extending-temporary-protected-status-for-haitians

I think it's because the various countries have staggered dates for extensions and some of the extensions were due to court cases.

This seems to summarize a little of what is going on -

Sep 09 2021

DHS Extends TPS Status and Documentation Validity for Several Countries United States

At a glance

The Department of Homeland Security will extend through December 31, 2022 the status and employment authorization documentation for TPS beneficiaries of El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan. The current expiration date for these groups is October 4, 2021.

TPS beneficiaries eligible for automatic EAD extensions to December 31, 2022 under the new announcement may complete or update their I-9 employment eligibility records by providing an employer with a copy of the Federal Register notice, an eligible expiring or expired TPS EAD, and any other required I-9 documents.

Haiti benefits from a subsequent, separate TPS designation announced in August 2021. The new Haiti designation extends through February 3, 2023, and all those eligible are encouraged to register, including those with Haitian TPS under the prior designation.

The issue

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will continue to preserve Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for nationals of El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan given that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has not yet issued a directive that would allow the federal government to move forward with the termination of TPS for these countries. According to a Federal Register notice to be published on September 10, 2021, TPS status and employment authorization documentation for beneficiaries from these countries will be extended through December 31, 2022. They had been set to expire on October 4, 2021.

https://www.fragomen.com/insights/alerts/dhs-extends-tps-status-and-documentation-validity-several-countries-0

So I *think* there are ovelapping "extensions" related to Haiti where one automatically goes until 2022 and the new one goes to 2023 and those who want the latter, would need to apply for that now.

So working through all that, I am "getting it" now.