The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has renewed the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somalia, allowing more than 2,600 Somali nationals to remain in the United States for another 18 months.
A country may be designated for TPS when circumstances in the country, such as a civil war or natural disaster, temporarily prevent its citizens from returning safely. The DHS currently grants this status to 16 countries, including Ukraine, which has been in a full-scale armed conflict with Russia since February 2022.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Thursday that his department has re-designated Somalia for TPS because of the “ongoing conflict and the continuing humanitarian crisis” in the Horn-of-Africa Nation….