The Trump (R) Administration announced Friday, that it is Terminating temporary Protections Status (TPS) for Thousands of Syrian Migrants in the U.S., less than a year after Rebels Overthrew a Decades-Long Dictatorship in Syria. According to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) News release, Syrian Nationals will have 60 days to Voluntarily Depart the U.S., after which they will be subject to Arrest and Deportation.
TPS Eligibility requires that an Individual be from a Designated Country, maintain Continuous Residence and Physical Presence in the U.S., and have No Disqualifying Criminal Record or Inadmissibility Issues. “Conditions in Syria no longer prevent their nationals from returning home,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin (R) said in a Statement. “Syria has been a hotbed of terrorism and extremism for nearly two decades.”
Trump has Aggressively sought to Remove Unauthorized Immigrants, including by Revoking TPS. Congress created TPS in 1990 to Shield Immigrants from Deportation if their Countries experienced Extraordinary Crises, such as Armed Conflict or Natural Disasters. According to DHS estimates, there are more than 6,000 Syrians with TPS Designationsp.
Syria was First Designated for TPS in 2012, when the Country was Embroiled in a Violent Civil War, and has since been Re-Designated Three Times. Since 2024, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees has reported an increase in spontaneous returns to Syria — a trend expected to continue this year. Despite the returns, more than 90% of Syrians continue to Live Below the Poverty Line, and more than Half of the Prewar Population remains Displaced, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Mai El-Sadany, Executive Director of the Washington-based "Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy", said the Latest Decision is “Deeply Premature. While the fall of the Assad regime is a significant development in Syria and will eventually allow a greater number of returns, the reality is that a country that underwent 14 years of harrowing conflict and 54 years of dictatorship needs time to stabilize,” El-Sadany .
“Many Syrians outside of Syria no longer have a home to return to,” Maya Atassi, the Executive Director of the "Syrian Community Network", said in an email. “The jobs that were their livelihood may no longer exist, the health infrastructure has been diminished and their children are at risk of being unable to access quality education.”
On Friday, the Trump Administration asked the Supreme Court to pause a Federal Judge’s Order that Ruled the Administration Broke the Law by Stripping Protections for Hundreds-of-Thousands of Venezuelan Immigrants, the Largest Group to have received TPS.
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