AG James Defends Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Venezuelan Immigrants

AG James Defends Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Venezuelan Immigrants

Trump Administration’s Early Termination of TPS Designations Would Endanger Immigrants and Harm New York’s Economy NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today co-led a coalition of 18 other attorneys general in opposing the Trump administration’s unlawful and baseless attempt to strip Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from Haitian and Venezuelan immigrants. TPS is a critical humanitarian program that protects individuals from being …

On 21 March, the U.S. immigration authorities detained the parents of a five-person Venezuelan family, separating them from their three children under 12 years of age. Although their families enjoy Temporary Protection Status (TPS) and are awaiting consideration of their asylum application, they were charged with "illegal" entry into the U.S., more than two years after their arrival on the southern border of the country. Everyone has the right t…

In the United States, the so-called “humanitarian pardon” that former President Joe Biden granted to 530 thousand migrants from Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua was officially terminated. Their residence and work permit will only be valid until April 24th. From that day on, they can be detained massively, to be expelled from the United States. The measure takes place within the framework of the migration policy of the Donald Trump administra…

As of April 24, more than 100,000 Venezuelans are at risk of being deported from the United States after the White House officially revoked the humanitarian parole on Tuesday. According to the Migration Policy Institute, just over 117 000 Venezuelan citizens obtained humanitarian parole between January [...] The entry More than 100,000 Venezuelans could be deported from the United States since April 24th was first published in Runrun.es: In defe…

A race against the clock has faced since Tuesday more than half a million Cubans, Venezuelans, Nicaraguans and Haitians who entered the United States with a humanitarian permit known as ‘parole’ that has been revoked by the administration of President Donald Trump, leaving them exposed to deportation after April 24. The White House [...] The entry At the gates of deportation 530 thousand Cubans, Venezuelans, Nicaraguans and Haitians was first pu…

On Friday, March 21, the United States government announced that migrants benefiting from the humanitarian parole program will be without legal status starting April 24. This situation, triggered by the Biden administration's revocation of the initiative, has generated alarm and uncertainty among beneficiaries.