DHS has announced the extension and redesignation of temporary amnesty for 300 nationals of South Sudan who would otherwise be illegal aliens.
PETER LOUIS GUME/AFP via Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security has announced the extension and redesignation of temporary amnesty status for nearly 300 nationals of South Sudan in the United States who would otherwise be illegal aliens.
On Tuesday, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced the extension and redesignation of Temporary Protected Status for close to 300 South Sudanese nationals so they can remain in the U.S. until at least May 2025. Though the program was intended to be temporary, South Sudan was first designated for TPS in 2011 by then-President Obama — keeping about 130 South Sudanese in the U.S. who may otherwise have returned to their country. “Through the extension and redesignation of South Sudan for Temporary Protected Status, the United States will continue to offer safety and protection to South Sudanese nationals who may not be able to return to their country due to the ongoing armed conflict and humanitarian crisis,” Mayorkas said in a statement. The extension and redesignation will allow roughly 130 South Sudanese to keep TPS for an additional 18 months and another 140 South Sudanese who have been physically residing in the U.S. since November of this year to begin filing applications for TPS. The announcement comes less than a month after Mayorkas announced that the Biden administration would extend TPS for nearly
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