U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas answers a reporter’s question during a news conference with Mexican counterparts at the State Department in Washington on Oct. 13, 2022. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has renewed the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somalia , allowing more than 2,600 Somali nationals to remain in the United States for another 18 months.
A country may be designated for TPS when circumstances in the country, such as a civil war or natural disaster, temporarily prevent its citizens from returning safely. The DHS currently grants this status to 16 countries , including Ukraine, which has been in a full-scale armed conflict with Russia since February 2022.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Thursday that his department has re-designated Somalia for TPS because of the “ongoing conflict and the continuing humanitarian crisis” in the Horn-of-Africa Nation.
According to the DHS, this will allow about […]
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