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About 400,000 beneficiaries of Temporary Protection Status (TPS), Mostly Central Americans, could gain U.S. citizenship thanks to a proposal by President Joe Biden, the Pew Center said Monday.
The TPS program, which now covers immigrants from 10 countries, protects them from deportation and grants them work permits. The United States Government designates countries where natural disasters or violence justify protection given to those fleeing these nations.
The current government of former President Donald Trump tried to cancel these appointments for almost all beneficiaries, but these proceedings were stalled in lawsuits in court.
According to Pew figures, the TPS for El Salvador, created in early 2001, currently employs 247,412 people, and the Honduras, Established in 1998, covers 79,290 people.
the TPS for Haiti, established in January 2011, it protects 55,218 people and Nicaragua, created in 1998, protects 4,409 people.
Other countries in the current list of TPS they are Yemen, Somalia, Nepal, Sudan, South Sudan and Syria.
The designations of El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan expire next October 4; those in Somalia and Yemen in September; that of South Sudan expires in May 2022 and that of Syria in September 2022.
Apply for citizenship
Following his inauguration on January 20, Biden asked Congress to pass legislation under which the “Tepesians” (beneficiaries of TPS) That they meet certain conditions could immediately apply for permanent residence (green card), and three years later they could apply for citizenship.
Another program that protects certain foreigners from deportation is applied at the discretion of the Executive Branch and now protects some immigrants from Liberia and Venezuela. The program for Liberia expires in June 2022 and that of Venezuela in July next year.