Oh Goody .. Rep Ilhan Omar will be so pleased: Biden’s DHS Expands ‘Temporary’ Amnesty for 3.4K Sudanese Nationals; Biden Is Expanding The Number Of Sudanese And South Sudanese Who Can Obtain Temporary Protected Status In The US

Biden’s DHS Expands ‘Temporary’ Amnesty for 3.4K Sudanese Nationals:

President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is renewing and expanding temporary amnesty status for more than 3,400 Sudanese and South Sudanese nationals living in the United States.

On Wednesday, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) expansion which works as a quasi-amnesty for foreign nationals who would otherwise be eligible for deportation from the U.S.

More than 3,000 Sudanese nationals will be able to secure an 18-month TPS status that provides them with a work permit and shields them from deportation. Similarly, about 330 South Sudanese nationals will have their TPS status renewed for another 18 months.

“I have decided to offer temporary protection to Sudanese and South Sudanese nationals in the United States until conditions in each country improve and individuals can safely return,” Mayorkas said in a statement. —>READ MORE HERE

Biden Is Expanding The Number Of Sudanese And South Sudanese Who Can Obtain Temporary Protected Status In The US:

The Biden administration is expanding the number of Sudanese and South Sudanese immigrants in the US who can apply for temporary protected status, which shields people from deportation and allows them to obtain work permits, according to Department of Homeland Security officials.

The decision to newly designate Sudan for temporary protected status — and redesignate South Sudan — comes several years after former president Donald Trump sought to take away the protections, but a federal court judge blocked him in 2018.

“Sudan is currently experiencing political instability and unrest, and armed conflict in South Sudan has displaced millions of residents,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas said in a statement to BuzzFeed News. “After careful consideration, I have decided to offer temporary protection to Sudanese and South Sudanese nationals in the United States until conditions in each country improve and individuals can safely return.”

The latest designations of temporary protected status will apply to eligible Sudanese and South Sudanese immigrants who were in the US as of March 1. The decision to create a new designation allows for an additional 2,390 Sudanese to apply for TPS on top of the more than 700 who already have it. The protections had previously only been available to those in the US as of 2013. The designation of TPS runs for 18 months. —>READ MORE HERE

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