Center for Public Integrity: TPS Cancellations in the US

Since 1990, the United States could grant temporary protected status for citizens of select countries with challenging conditions including conflict or disasters that prevented safe return. The Trump administration has announced an end of this protected status for citizens of Honduras as of January 2020 and Nepal as of June 2019. The limited status was granted to Hondurans after a 1998 hurricane, and the country has since struggled with gangs, crime and political unrest; Nepal was designated after a 2015 earthquake. Children born to those with temporary protected status are US citizens. “Critics of Trump’s move to end TPS – without Congress opening a path for people to try to obtain permanent legal status – say communities should brace for the fallout of shattered families, and losses to businesses that the immigrants work in or operate themselves,” reports Susan Ferriss for the Center for Public Integrity. “A wide range of civil rights, religious and business associations, including the Chamber of Commerce, have spoken out against revoking TPS for so many people from dangerous, dysfunctional and impoverished countries.” Critics point out returning thousands of people to small and troubled countries could contribute to further destabilization. – YaleGlobal