About 101,000 Ukrainians and 1,800 Sudanese were scheduled to lose temporary protected status (TPS) on October 19. Instead, the Dept. of Homeland Security announced that TPS would be extended but it did not say for how long or whether those affected could continue to work in the U.S. Yuriy Boyechko, CEO of Hope For Ukraine, a nonprofit that provides humanitarian aid in Ukraine and helps resettle newcomers in the U.S., told PBS News that the government’s announcement is a “bandage that has been placed on a wound that does not solve the real issue. It’s time for U.S. to come up with some normal path to permanent residency for all these people.” He emphasized that they cannot safely return to Ukraine.
Read more from PBS News and National Public Radio.
Madhuri Shukla, Detention Watch Network, via JustSeeds.org