US EditionHomeland Security Is Removing Protections that Kept some Afghans From Deportation
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, JUL 14 – Nearly 12,000 Afghans lose Temporary Protected Status as a federal judge rules TPS expiration aligns with improved conditions in Afghanistan, risking deportation and legal uncertainty, advocates warn.
- Temporary measures allowed nearly 12,000 Afghans to work in the U.S. and remain protected from deportation, but these are expiring as of Monday.
- The Department of Homeland Security stated it would end Temporary Protected Status for 11,700 Afghans in 60 days, which previously protected them from deportation.
- Advocates express concern about the removal of protections for Afghans who aided U.S. forces, stating it is unsafe for them to return home.
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed improvements in Afghanistan justified the removal of protections, asserting there is no threat to their safety.
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US Court Temporarily Halts Bid To End Protection Status For Afghans
A US court has for the time blocked plans by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to end the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghans, granting at least a one-week reprieve to thousands of people at risk of deportation to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
Why is the Department of Homeland Security quoting the Bible on Instagram?
In the Instagram video, uniformed border patrol personnel sling on vests and helmets. Grainy, night-vision footage of people, presumably migrants, moving through brush is spliced together with shots of helicopters hovering, all scored to a dark folk-harmony track that would sound at home in O Brother, Where Art Thou. A twangy narration plays over the top: “And I heard the voice of the Lord saying: Who shall I send, and who will go for us? And I …
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