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U.S. Employers Told to Dismiss Thousands of Immigrant Workers
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- The Department of Homeland Security has instructed employers to terminate the employment of hundreds of thousands of foreign workers with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) as their work permits are set to expire in July.
- TPS holders from Haiti will lose their work authorization on July 24, while those from Ethiopia, Myanmar, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, and Yemen will see their permits lapse on July 17.
- This move follows the Supreme Court's recent decision affirming the Trump administration's authority to end TPS protections, making affected individuals vulnerable to deportation.
- Over 330,000 Haitians and 6,100 Syrians currently live in the U.S. under TPS, which is granted when conditions in their home countries are deemed unsafe for return; approximately 20,000 TPS holders come from the other five affected countries.
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services had been issuing short-term extensions for work authorization but recently set firm expiration dates, leading to some employers prematurely terminating workers while others awaited the final ruling's implementation.
