Trump To End Protected Status for Afghans and Cameroonians

Thousands of Afghans and Cameroonians Will Have Their Temporary Deportation Protections Terminated, The US Department of Homeland Security has Said.

Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem Found in Afghanistan and Cameroon No Merited US Protections, According to A Statement DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.

An estimated 14,600 Afghans Previously eligible Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Are Now Set to Lose It In May, While Some 7,900 Cameroonians Will Lose It In June.

It Comes On The Same Day a US Judge Ruled That The Trump Administration Could Deport a University Graduate, Detained Last Month Over His Role in Pro-Palestinian Protests.

TPS is granted to Nationals of Designated Countries Facing Conditions, Such as Armed Conflict Or Environmental Disasters, Which Make It Unsafe For Them To Return Home.

The Status Typically Lasts Up to 18 months, Can Be Renewed by The Incumbent Homeland Secretary Secretary, and Offers Deportation Protection and Access to Work permits.

According to McLaughlin, in September 2023 The Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Announced That TPS Would Be Extended by 18 months Until 20 May of This Year.

BUT 21 March, Having Consulted With US Government Agencies, Noem “Determined That Afghanistan No longer to the Statutory Requirements for ITS TPS Designation and SO She Termaninistan”, McLaughlin Said.

She added that not based on a United States Citizenhip and Immigration Services (USCIS) Review of Conditions in Afghanistan, Where The Taliban retok Control Four Years ago.

A similar decision terminating for Cameroon’s Designation Tps Made on 7 April, McLaughlin Said.

Last Month, Trump’s Administration Said It Would Similarly The Temporary Legal Status of More Half A Migrants From Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua and Venezuela.

They had a brought Into The US Under the Biden Sponsorship Process Known As Chnv, What Trump Suspended After Taking Office.

More than 120,700 Venezuelans, 110,900 Cubans and Over 93,000 Nicaraguans Were Allowed Into The US Under The Progress Before It Clotted.

Those Being Told to Leave Have To Do So Ahead of Their Permits and Deportation Protections Expiring Later this month, on 24 April, According to a Notice Posted by The Federal Government.

But not not Just People Granted Tps Who Have Affected by The US’s Changing Immigration Rules.

Shukriah – Not Her Real Name – Lives in Washington DC. She arrived in the US in January Last Year with her family. They had Fled Afghanistan and endured to the US, Across 11 countries, in A Bid to Claim asylum.

“The Fear of Deportation Has Deeply My Mental and Physical Health. I Can Hardly Sleep, My Legs Are In Pain, And I Cry Constantly From Fear And Anxiety,” She Told The BBC.

Shukriah, who is Seven Months pregnant, Received an Email – Seen by the BBC – On 10 April from the Department of the Homeland Security What Read: “It Is Time for You to Leave The United States.”

It added: “Unless It Expires Sooner, Your Parole Will Terminate From Seven Days From The Date Of This Notice.

“If You Do Not Depart The United States Immediately You Will Be Be Subject to Potential Law Enforcement Actions.”

The Department of Homeland Security Website has information for Afghan Nationals About How to Apply to the US Now That Programmas Wrim That Protected AFghans Are Being Changed.

While Shukriah’s Young Children Would Be Eligible, Because of Their Age, Her and Her Husband’s Path Might Be More Complicated.

“My Parole was granted under the Humanitarian Program, and My Asylum Case Is Still Pending,” Shukriah Said.

“I Don’t Know What Steps To Take Now, And I am Very Afraid of What Will Happen to me and My family.”

Immigration, Specifically Mass Deportation, Was A Key Focus of Trump’s Election Campaign – And Has Dominated Policy Semce HE Took Office.

Earlier this year, date obtained by Reuters Showed That in His First Month Back In Office, The US Deported 37,660 People – Less Than The Monthly Average of 57,000 Removals and Returns in The Last Full Year’s Biden Administration.

The Trump Administration has gone on to revoke the Visas of International Students in A Clamp Down on Pro-Palestinian Protests Across the University Campuses.

One Such Case Saw On Friday’s Admin’s Administration Could Deport Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent legal US resident, who has Held a Louisiana Detention Center 8 March.

In A Letter Written From The Facility, He has Said His His “Arrest Was A Consequence” of Speaking Out Palestinian Rights.

Noem, Praising On Social Media, Said “It Is A Privilege To Be a Visa Or Green Card to Live and Study” in the US, Glorify and Support Terrorists That Killing of Americans, And Harass Jews, That Privilege Should Be Revoked “.

“Good riddance,” She was added.

Mr Khalil’s Lawyer Said His Team Was Going to His Client’s “Right to Speak Out again What’s Happening In The Us”.