Less than a week before the new administration took office, the Department of Homeland Security, under President Biden’s orders, extended temporary deportation protections to about one million U.S. immigrants. The action was intended to bring some measure of stability to immigrant households across the nation. Those included in these protections are those who are part of a program known as Temporary Protected Status, which allows recipients to secure work permits.
Those in the program are already in the United States and are from Sudan, Ukraine, El Salvador, and Venezuela. The legal status of those in the TPS program was set to lapse in the spring but will now remain in effect for an additional 18 months – after those in the program go through the re-registration process. If you are an immigrant who is under the TPS program, or you have other immigration issues that you need legal assistance with, an experienced Lombard, IL immigration attorney can help.