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TPS

TPS stands for Temporary Protected Status, a government program created by Congress in 1990. It was signed into law by President George Bush, with the goal of providing safe haven for immigrants when war, a natural disaster or an epidemic make going back home too dangerous. We're covering changes to the program and the countries listed and removed from protected status.

A woman is shown walking down a cement staircase in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Immigration
A family split between the US and Haiti dreads looming loss of legal status
Man playing guitar in front of projected images laughing, with woman next to him, arm around his shoulder. Laptop on chair in background.
Jobs
Haiti has a burgeoning entrepreneur scene, but can it make room for Haitians forced to return from the US?
Man stands on pile of rubble
Conflict
Homeland Security decides not to deport 1,250 Yemenis to a war zone
Woman standing in front of poster
Business, Economics and Jobs
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School project of child's hand prints with poem, "When I'm grown and far away, these little hands with you will stay"
Justice
As Trump ends Obama-era protections for Salvadorans, a family in Minnesota has few good options to stay together
In this cartoon, a young boy is swinging from monkey bars and a piece of paperwork from Immigration is at his right
Global Politics
As US ends immigration programs, a mother and son wonder if they’ll ever be together again
a man standing before a ravine and waterfall in Yellowstone National Park.
Conflict
A Syrian with Temporary Protected Status says it’s a matter of life or death
Representative Mike Coffman at a recent Cinco de Mayo celebration in Colorado's Sixth District. Coffman has been both praised for reaching out to his immigrant constituents and attacked for not doing enough to represent them in Congress.
Global Politics
A Republican congressman walks the tricky middle ground on immigration reform
Two woman stand in kitchen, one older and one younger looking at her phone
Global Politics
After 17 years of ‘legal life’ in the US, a family considers its next move
A Salvadoran man holds his nation's flag and a sign during a protest rally for immigrants rights on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Oct. 8, 2013.
Conflict
Trump administration decision could force 200,000 Salvadorans out of the US
Haitian TPS Family
Conflict
Trump administration decision forces Haitian families to confront an uncertain future in the US
A group of several young children stand in a line with placards reading "Renew TPS Now."
Conflict
US ends temporary protected status for Haitian immigrants
Children stand next to a banner against the US President's proposed end of the DACA program
Justice
Thousands of immigrants with ‘protected status’ face possible deportation
A mother and her young daughter are watched by Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers as they prepare to cross the US-Canada border from New York into Quebec earlier this month. Like thousands of others fleeing the US for Canada, the woman told off
Justice
Immigrants fearing Trump are heading to Canada in droves. But will they be able to stay?
Men walk by a mural that reads "Get the hell of Liberia, Ebola! And don't come back" in Monrovia, Liberia, April 1, 2016.
Justice
Ebola is over. Now the US wants a group of West African immigrants to go home.
This is a rally in support of TPS for Haitian immigrants back in 2009, during a visit by former US President Barack Obama to Miami, Florida.
Conflict
Haitian immigrants get extension of protected status, worry it might not be long enough
Nepali immigrants registerf or TPS at a clinic at highschool in Queens organized by Adhikaar last March.
Global Politics
With earthquake recovery back home stalled, Nepalis push for renewed protections in the US