Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen extended a temporary amnesty status for nationals from South Sudan a week after announcing a similar move for Sudanese, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and El Salvadorans living in the United States.
On Friday, Nielsen announced that she would extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for about 84 South Sudanese nationals living in the U.S. through November 2020. Despite the TPS program being designed to be temporary, eligible South Sudanese nationals have enjoyed amnesty in the U.S. since November 2011.
Nielsen’s extension of TPS for South Sudan comes just a week after the Homeland Security secretary announced that she would extend TPS for more than 300,000 Sudanese, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and El Salvadoran nationals living in the United States.