TPS Archives

Rally seeks U.S. designation of Temporary Protected Status for more nations

Apr 17, 2021

An April 14 rally outside U.S. Customs and Immigration Services headquarters in Washington called for the United States to give Temporary Protected Status designation to nationals in several countries — and to extend the designation to those who had been previously granted it.

By Mark Pattison

Catholic, other faith groups applaud decision to grant Venezuelans TPS

Mar 11, 2021

Pro-immigrant groups applauded a March 8 decision by the Biden administration to protect some 320,000 Venezuelans in the United States under a temporary immigration program.

By Rhina Guidos

Catholic leaders urge TPS for Central Americans, aid for storm-ravaged nations

Feb 11, 2021

Two U.S. bishops’ committee chairmen and the head of Catholics Relief Services asked the Biden administration Feb. 10 to grant Temporary Protected Status for 18 months to foreign nationals from Central America in the United States and to provide aid to their hurricane-ravaged countries.

By Catholic News Service

TPS beneficiaries from seven countries to receive extension

Dec 17, 2020

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that seven countries will receive an extension for its citizens to remain in the U.S. under the Temporary Protected Status program, known popularly as TPS.

By Rhina Guidos

Court sides with Trump on right to end TPS

Sep 15, 2020

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit sided Sept. 14 with President Donald Trump’s plan to end a particular immigration protection status that would have allowed people from six countries that have suffered disasters to remain in the United States.

By Rhina Guidos

USCCB migration chairman says Senate needs to act on ‘Dreamer,’ TPS bill

Jun 5, 2020

The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration has urged the U.S. Senate to take action and pass a bill to protect “Dreamers” and as well beneficiaries of the Temporary Protected Status and Deferred Enforced Departure programs.

By Catholic News Service

At year’s end, humanitarian aid for migrants moves across border

Dec 21, 2019

Over the last year, Catholic dioceses on the U.S. side of the border with Mexico, in places such as El Paso and Brownsville, Texas, scrambled to accommodate the growing number of children, men and women crossing the border, seeking asylum and entering the U.S.

By Rhina Guidos

Confusion arises over TPS for Salvadorans

Nov 1, 2019

Salvadorans with a special immigration status experienced whiplash in late October when the U.S. ambassador to El Salvador, in a video with the Salvadoran president Oct. 28, announced the extension of the program, only to be corrected hours later by the acting director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

By Rhina Guidos