Policies & Analysis
Learn more about the policies and actions taken by the Trump-Vance administration, and how they threaten communities, freedoms, and democracy.
The Trump-Vance Administration is trying to
Terminate Temporary Protected Status for Afghanistan to make Afghans deportable
This decision terminates Temporary Protected Status for Afghanistan, which protects immigrants from Afghanistan from deportation and provides them with access to work permits.
Termination of the Designation of Afghanistan for Temporary Protected Status
RIN 1615-ZB94
May 13, 2025
DHS Secretary Noem issued a decision terminating the existing Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Afghanistan. TPS exists to protect from deportation citizens of countries experiencing armed conflict, environmental disasters, or other crises. The Afghanistan designation was protecting some 12,000 Afghan citizens in the U.S. from being deported and also allowing them to obtain work permits while they remained in the U.S.
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