International Rescue Committee: Trump Administration Must Reconsider Syria TPS Decision
August 01, 2019
August 01, 2019
NEW YORK, Aug. 1 -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release:
Reports today indicate the Trump administration will extend but not re-designate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syria. While the reported decision extends TPS for approximately 7,000 Syrians in the U.S. who are currently TPS holders, it places an arbitrary date on eligibility which could ultimately result in the forcible return to an active war zone of thousands of Syrian citizens who cur . . .
Reports today indicate the Trump administration will extend but not re-designate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syria. While the reported decision extends TPS for approximately 7,000 Syrians in the U.S. who are currently TPS holders, it places an arbitrary date on eligibility which could ultimately result in the forcible return to an active war zone of thousands of Syrian citizens who cur . . .