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Trump administration grants rare TPS reprieve, extending protections for 11,000 Lebanese
The six-month reprieve lets beneficiaries keep work authorization as fighting continues in southern Lebanon, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
- On Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security extended Temporary Protected Status for about 11,000 Lebanese immigrants, shielding them from deportation for six months.
- Secretary Markwayne Mullin and former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem were "unable to make an informed determination on Lebanon's TPS designation" by the March 28 deadline, triggering an automatic statutory extension.
- Temporary Protected Status, created by Congress in 1990, provides work authorization during civil strife; ongoing fighting in southern Lebanon between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters continues.
- While the Trump administration has canceled protections for people from 13 countries including Venezuela, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Syria, this outcome marks a rare reprieve for programs often criticized by Republicans.
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Trump administration grants rare TPS reprieve, extending protections for 11,000 Lebanese
The Trump administration has extended protections shielding about 11,000 Lebanese from deportation, allowing them to stay and work in the U.S. for another six months and marking a rare reprieve to any of the people protected by temporary measures which have been harshly criticized by Republicans.
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President Donald Trump's government extended the safeguards protecting some 11,000 Lebanese from deportation, allowing them to stay and work in the United States for another six months.
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