The Department of Homeland Security is extending deportation protections and work authorization for more than a quarter million Central American and Asian immigrants who faced losing that relief under the Trump administration.
The agency on Tuesday announced the extension of Temporary Protected Status designations for nationals of El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Nepal. The extension stops short of a re-designation that immigrant advocates were seeking, which would have expanded protections to more recent arrivals from those countries.
Eligibility criteria, timelines, and steps for current recipients to renew work permits will be explained in forthcoming Federal Register notices, DHS said. The ...