The Trump administration announced on Sunday that people from Ukraine and Sudan will be able to keep their temporary humanitarian protections for now, allowing them to continue living in the United States.
Temporary Protected Status, a program meant to help foreign nationals who cannot safely return home because of armed conflict or natural disasters in their countries, was set to expire for about 100,000 Ukrainians and about 1,800 Sudanese on Monday. The Homeland Security Department said that an announcement on the future of both programs would be “made at the appropriate time” and that people covered by them would be protected until then.
Ukraine is nearly five years into a war that has battered the country, and civilian casualties have hit the highest levels since the beginning of the full-scale invasion by Russia. Sudan is in the middle of a devastating civil war that has engulfed the country for more than three years, leading to a severe food crisis.
The decision to hold off making an announcement mirrored a similar move by the Trump administration last month to allow people from El Salvador to keep their deportation protections for now. Since then, no announcement has been made and more than 170,000 Salvadorans have been left in limbo. The moves notably diverge from the Trump administration’s previous attempts to swiftly dismantle T.P.S. programs as part of its broader campaign to restrict immigration.
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