Federal Agency Extends Stay for More Than 300,000 Immigrants

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will extend the temporary legal status for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from several countries, according to a statement issued by the agency on June 13.
Under President Donald Trump’s administration, the DHS ended the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua. But on June 13, those designations were brought back, affecting more than 300,000 people from those countries.
“Through the extension of Temporary Protected Status, we are able to offer continued safety and protection to current beneficiaries who are nationals of El Salvador, Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua who are already present in the United States and cannot return because of the impacts of environmental disasters,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement. “We will continue to offer support to them through this temporary form of humanitarian relief.”…}