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Trump Administration announces extension to comply with cases pending in federal courts
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<p style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 23px; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">MIAMI | In a little-publicized <a href="https://bit.ly/37xnioX" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-color: rgb(14, 75, 120); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(14, 75, 120); cursor: pointer;" target="_blank">notice posted in theFederal Register Nov. 4</a>, the Department of Homeland Security announced that all beneficiaries of TPS — Temporary Protected Status — “will retain their TPS” through Jan. 4, 2021.</p>
<p style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 23px; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">That’s great news for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Nepal and Sudan who were facing deportation when the Trump administration decided to end their temporary permission to work and live legally in the U.S.</p>
<p style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 23px; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">“Termination is being held in abeyance by a judge” pending the resolution of three lawsuits against TPS termination, said Randolph McGrorty, executive director of <a href="http://www.cclsmiami.org/" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-color: rgb(14, 75, 120); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(14, 75, 120); cursor: pointer;" target="_blank">Catholic Legal Services of the Archdiocese of Miami</a>.</p>
<p style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 23px; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">The posting in the Federal Register noted that DHS was taking this action “to ensure its continued compliance with the preliminary injunction orders” of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The courts are considering three different lawsuits: Ramos, et al. v. Nielsen, et al.; Saget, et al., v. Trump, et al.; and Bhattarai v. Nielsen.</p>
<p style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 23px; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">The best news for TPS beneficiaries is that this is an automatic extension. They don’t need to do anything to retain their status.</p>
<p style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 23px; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">“They don’t need to file anything, neither for TPS extension nor employment authorization. It’s all automatic,” McGrorty said. </p>
<p style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 23px; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">He stressed that employers cannot require any additional documentation. Immigrants need only show them the notice from the Federal Register and their expired employment authorization.</p>
<p style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 23px; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">TPS would have expired Jan. 2, 2020 for beneficiaries from Haiti, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Sudan; on Jan. 5, 2020 for those from Honduras; and March 24, 2020 for those from Nepal.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.miamiarch.org/CatholicDiocese.php?op=Article_miami-tps-extended-for-everyone-november-2019">Read article here>></a></p>
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<p style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 23px; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">That’s great news for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Nepal and Sudan who were facing deportation when the Trump administration decided to end their temporary permission to work and live legally in the U.S.</p>
<p style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 23px; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">“Termination is being held in abeyance by a judge” pending the resolution of three lawsuits against TPS termination, said Randolph McGrorty, executive director of <a href="http://www.cclsmiami.org/" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-color: rgb(14, 75, 120); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(14, 75, 120); cursor: pointer;" target="_blank">Catholic Legal Services of the Archdiocese of Miami</a>.</p>
<p style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 23px; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">The posting in the Federal Register noted that DHS was taking this action “to ensure its continued compliance with the preliminary injunction orders” of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The courts are considering three different lawsuits: Ramos, et al. v. Nielsen, et al.; Saget, et al., v. Trump, et al.; and Bhattarai v. Nielsen.</p>
<p style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 23px; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">The best news for TPS beneficiaries is that this is an automatic extension. They don’t need to do anything to retain their status.</p>
<p style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 23px; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">“They don’t need to file anything, neither for TPS extension nor employment authorization. It’s all automatic,” McGrorty said. </p>
<p style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 23px; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">He stressed that employers cannot require any additional documentation. Immigrants need only show them the notice from the Federal Register and their expired employment authorization.</p>
<p style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 23px; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">TPS would have expired Jan. 2, 2020 for beneficiaries from Haiti, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Sudan; on Jan. 5, 2020 for those from Honduras; and March 24, 2020 for those from Nepal.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.miamiarch.org/CatholicDiocese.php?op=Article_miami-tps-extended-for-everyone-november-2019">Read article here>></a></p>
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