The Biden administration announced Friday that nearly 1 million migrants from Sudan, Ukraine, El Salvador and Venezuela — a breeding ground for members of the vicious gang Tren de Aragua — will be able to stay in the US for the next year-and-a-half, dealing a blow to President-elect Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration agenda.
The Department of Homeland Security extended by another 18 months Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for roughly 1,900 Sudanese immigrants, 103,700 Ukrainian immigrants, 232,000 Salvadoran immigrants and 600,000 Venezuelans.
The program will now allow up to 937,600 eligible foreign nationals to remain in the US into 2026, though the precise end date varies by country. The protection had initially been scheduled to terminate later this year.
Stemming from a law signed by President George H.W. Bush in 1990, TPS provides work permits for migrants from up to 16 countries who want to stay rather in America than return to home nations marred by armed conflict, political instability or other threatening conditions. Read More
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