AJWS Statement on the Need to Extend Temporary Protected Status and Humanitarian Parole

AJWS applauds the Biden administration for extending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for people from Ukraine, Venezuela, Sudan and El Salvador last week. But this extension is not enough. AJWS supports grassroots activists in Haiti and Nicaragua, where the human rights crises are dire—Haiti’s government has collapsed, with gangs violently ruling the country. In Nicaragua, the Ortega Murillo regime has effectively shut down civil society and dissent. Those who speak out against them are jailed or forced into exile, often having their citizenship revoked. Sending people into situations like that is not just impractical—it is immoral.

Countries in the midst of political and humanitarian crises will not be stable enough to absorb migrants back within the next few years; we urge the Biden administration to extend TPS and humanitarian parole for all those who need it.

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