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Yesterday, USCRI Pro Bono Coordinating Attorney Rebecca Watson was inside the Supreme Court as arguments on Temporary Protected Status were heard, a case that could shape the lives of hundreds of thousands for years to come. USCRI stands firmly with TPS holders and the valuable humanitarian pathway TPS provides. Learn more at bit.ly/3OJwpxl #ProtectTPS #TemporaryProtectedStatus #SupremeCourt
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Here's our wrap-up of today's arguments at the Supreme Court on Temporary Protected Status. Here, we talk about when a decision is expected, and what one attorney told me about families who could be impacted. #SupremeCourt #TemporaryProtectedStatus #TPS
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Haitians and Syrians fled war & conflict seeking safe haven in the US, but are now left in peril. #TemporaryProtectedStatus saves lives; ending it tears communities apart. We stand with TPS holders and fight to protect our neighbors & human rights. ✊ ow.ly/NJXC50YvsVh
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Buckeye Bias Buster: NBC4's Alarmist Springfield Headline on 1,000 TPS Kids Ignores "Temporary" Reality, Documented Strains on Local American Children & DeWine's Unequal "Knew the Risks" Standard Mainstream outlets like NBC4 in Columbus know their audience: a February 16, 2026, post on Facebook blared the headline “SPRINGFIELD DEPORTATION CONCERNS LEAVE 1,000 U.S. CITIZEN CHILDREN WITH LIMITED OPTIONS.” Most readers never click past it. How do we know? A 2024 analysis of millions of Facebook political shares found more than 75% of links are forwarded without anyone reading the full article. Earlier research showed 59% of shared links on social media are never clicked at all. NBC4’s framing — pure emotional pull on “1,000 U.S. citizen children” — lands exactly as designed. The full story advertised by the headline reveals the 1,000 figure comes from Clark County health records showing 23% of births through July 2024 were to Haitian mothers. Springfield (pop. ~60,000) absorbed an estimated 12,000–20,000 Haitian nationals, many under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) — a program literally named “temporary” yet extended since the 2010 earthquake. Ending TPS for Haiti was discussed during the 2024 presidential election. Then, President Trump set to it end Feb. 3, 2026, after DHS Secretary Kristi Noem determined conditions no longer warranted it. An activist federal judge – acting outside the bounds of a recent Supreme Court decision stating that federal judges (unless a class-action case) cannot check the president – issued a temporary stay Feb. 2. However, the possibility of revocation has been public for years — Trump tried it in his first term, activist courts blocked it, Biden extended it, Trump 2.0 ended it again. Families and businesses knew the clock was ticking. Where was NBC4’s concern for Springfield’s original citizen children when the influx hit? City officials documented severe strains on housing (already a crisis pre-2023), schools (sudden enrollment spikes requiring translators), healthcare, and public safety. In 2024, Republican lawmakers including Rep. Mike Turner begged the Biden-Harris administration for federal aid exactly because the rapid arrival overwhelmed local resources. A school-bus crash involving a Haitian driver, traffic chaos, and overcrowded services made national news — yet the narrative then was largely “vibrant new community” or outright denial. Suddenly, with lawful enforcement of existing immigration law looming, the same outlets discover tears for the American-born kids of parents whose status was never permanent. Gov. Mike DeWine told NBC4: “One of the concerns that we have, frankly, is we have over a thousand children, who have babies, who have been born, who are U.S. citizens. And so if the mom or dad or both are picked up, we have a concern.” He added most are under age 5 and Haiti remains dangerous per State Department travel warnings. Fair enough — separation is tragic. But DeWine sang a different tune when separation involved Ohio businesses from their revenue; Ohio businesses hit by his own intoxicating-hemp crackdown. In October 2025 he issued an emergency order banning sales of THC hemp products (candy-like gummies, drinks) citing child safety. Retailers and farmers who invested tens of millions under prior rules lost inventory overnight; three sued, arguing good-faith reliance on state law. DeWine and allies repeatedly noted businesses “knew the risks” of operating in a gray area before federal rules tightened. Yet the same governor has repeatedly called Haitians in Springfield the “backbone” of the local economy — reliable workers filling jobs — while downplaying that their legal foothold was always temporary. Didn’t businesses in Springfield and TPS families “know the risks”? And the fake concern over children is almost laughable. Under Biden-Harris, HHS lost contact with at least **85,000** unaccompanied migrant children; broader congressional and DHS Inspector General data show **hundreds of thousands** either never received court notices or failed to appear (291k no-shows cited in oversight). Lost. How much ink did NBC 4 and outlets like it spend on telling those stories? Most recently, in Minnesota, Trump’s ICE and its Operation Metro Surge located 3,364 previously missing unaccompanied minors. Did NBC4 run wall-to-wall coverage telling that story? Or did it follow the “Orangeman Bad” script and downplay ICE work? This isn’t compassion; it’s political theater. TPS is temporary — always was. Springfield families bore real costs when resources were diverted. American businesses face sudden regulatory whiplash when DeWine decides. Rule of law demands consistent application, not selective tears for whichever group fits the narrative. Buckeye voters deserve better than headline-driven hysteria that erases context, precedent, and equal justice. The full story — not the Facebook bait — shows exactly why enforcement of long-standing immigration rules is neither shocking nor cruel. It’s overdue. #Ohio #News #OhioNews #haitian #springfieldohio #DHS #Trump #TemporaryProtectedStatus
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The American Center for Justice (ACJ): The United States’ termination of Temporary Protected Status for Yemenis constitutes a violation of the principle of non-refoulement and international legal obligations. The Full Statement: 👉 n9.cl/wnuxv0 #Yemen #ProtectYemenis #HumanRights #NonRefoulement #StopDeportation #RefugeeProtection #TemporaryProtectedStatus
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Bomb threats hit Springfield, Ohio today and the 2024 playbook is back. Springfield was already a national flashpoint in the run-up to the presidential election, with the mainstream press claiming President Trump and J.D. Vance were pushing “misinformation” and “hateful rhetoric” over the viral line: “the Haitians are eating dogs and eating cats.” That headline wasn’t the only story. The reporting spotlighted what was called “reverse offshoring” companies bringing Haitians here for cheap labor labeled “trafficking,” and warned Governor Mike DeWine would be “perturbed” by it. Now the threats are being tied to people who want Temporary Protected Status for Haitians to end and immigration policies already on the books enforced. #SpringfieldOhio #Ohio #Immigration #TemporaryProtectedStatus #RuleOfLaw #MediaNarratives #Labor
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FEDERAL JUDGE HITS PAUSE ON HAITIAN TPS HOURS BEFORE EXPIRATION. U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes blocked the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status for more than 350,000 Haitian immigrants, just hours before the protections were scheduled to expire. Reyes issued an 83-page order granting a stay, keeping Haitian nationals’ legal status in place pending judicial review and wrote the termination “shall be null, void, and of no legal effect.” The court said plaintiffs are likely to succeed on claims that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem did not properly follow procedures to end the program. The Trump administration says an appeal is coming. Should “temporary” status last this long - yes or no? #TemporaryProtectedStatus #TPS #Haiti #Immigration #DHS #FederalCourt #WashingtonDC
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#2026Talks for January 26: Deadly ICE encounters and a looming funding fight collide, as Capitol Hill and communities nationwide brace for the fallout of White House immigration raids. #politics #TemporaryProtectedStatus #Immigration #Budget
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Haitian TPS (Temporary Protected Status) is officially being terminated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with benefits ending on February 3, 2026, though previous termination attempts were delayed by court cases and a July 2025 announcement set an earlier date, making it a complex, ongoing situation with legal challenges. Affected Haitian nationals must seek alternative legal status or face potential removal, with guidance from immigration lawyers and organizations being crucial as the final deadline approaches.  Key Dates & Status •Official Termination: February 3, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. (DHS notice from late November 2025). •Previous Attempt: An earlier termination was announced for September 2, 2025, but was blocked by a federal judge. •Current Situation: A court injunction delayed the termination until the original extension date of February 3, 2026, but DHS has issued a final notice to end it then.  Why it's Ending •DHS determined that Haiti no longer meets the conditions for TPS, citing improved environmental conditions and national interest, though this is contested by advocates.  What This Means for Beneficiaries •Loss of Protection: Haitian nationals will lose temporary protection from deportation and work authorization. #TPS #TemporaryProtectedStatus #DepartmentofHomelandSecurity #Haitian #Deportation
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@WienerIntel Funny how 'elections' can suddenly clean up a messy field, pretending everything's clear, though you didn't hear it from me, Racebot hit seven-of-nine last Sunday. #Myanmar #HumanitarianCrisis #TemporaryProtectedStatus #USElections #JuntaElections
The U.S. government has ended temporary legal status for Myanmar nationals living in the United States, citing the military junta’s upcoming elections as evidence that the country’s “governance and stability” are improving. buff.ly/P8apsD0
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New federal policy update on #TemporaryProtectedStatus (TPS) for Venezuela nationals.   Visit nyc.gov/tps (updated regularly) to learn more on federal policy announcements impacting #ImmigrantNewYorkers.
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"ဆီးရီးယား. TPS ပြုတ်ပါပြီ..၊ မြန်မာအလှည့်လာတော့မည်" မနေ့က.. DHS ဝန်ကြီးခရစ်စတီနွာမ်ကနေ... ဆီးရီယားနိုင်ငံရဲ့.. TPS ကို.. ဖျက်သိမ်းကြောင်းကြေညာပါတယ်..။ ဆီရီးယားနိုင်ငံသားများ.. အိမ်ပြန်ဖို့.. အချိန်.. ရက် ၆၀ ရပါတယ်..။ CBP Home app သုံးပြီး.. ကိုယ့်ဖာကိုယ်ပြန်မယ် self-deport ဆိုရင်... ဒေါ်လာ၁၀၀၀ ဆီနဲ့.. လေယာဉ်လက်မှတ်ရပါမယ်... တဲ့..။ ရက်၆၀ကျော်သွားရင်တော့.. လိုက်ဖမ်း... နှင်ထုတ်ခံရပါမယ်.. တဲ့..။ ၂၀၁၂ ကထဲက.. TPS ကိုထုတ်ပေးလာတာမှာ.. ပေါင်းဆီးရီးယန်း ၆၀၀၀ ကျော်လောက်ရှိတယ်.. ဆိုပါတယ်.။ ဆီရီးယားလက်ရှိအခြေအနေက.. ဆီးရီးယန်းတွေ.. သူတို့တိုင်းပြည်ပြန်တာကို.. တားမြစ်မှုမရှိတော့ပါဘူးလို့.. DHS ပြောရေးဆိုခွင့်ရှိသူက.. ဆိုထားပါတယ်...။ သိကြတဲ့အတိုင်း.. ဆီးရီးယားပြည်တွင်းစစ်က.. ပြီးသလောက်ဖြစ်နေတာလည်း.. ပါပါလိ့မ်..။ မြန်မာမှာက.. ဖြစ်နေဆဲပါ..။ T.P.S. ဆိုတာ.. အရှည်ကောက်. #TemporaryProtectedStatus ပါ..။ Temporary ကြီးငုတ်တုတ်ပါနေပါတယ်..။ ဘယ်တော့မှ.. ဂရင်းကဒ်မရတဲ့.. လမ်းကြောင်း..။ အဲဒါကြောင့်.. ဤသူက... ဟိုးအစမြန်မာတွေ TPS ယူခွင့်ရပြီဆိုတော့... A နဲ့ အတူတူတွဲလျှောက်ကြဖို့.. တိုက်တွန်းဖူးပါတယ်..။ အခြေအနေတွေကြည့်ရသလောက်.. မြန်မာက.. နိုဝင်ဘာ ၂၅ ၂၀၂၅ မှာကုန်မှာမို့... မြန်မာအတွက်.. သမ္မတထရမ့်ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက်ထွက်လာမှာပါ..။ အခု.. ဆီးရီးယားက.. စက်တင်ဘာ ၃၀ကုန်မှာ.. ၁၉ရက်နေ့.. ဖျက်သိမ်းကြောင်းထွက်လာတယ်ဆိုတော့ကာ... မြန်မာက.. နိုဝင်ဘာ ၁၀-၁၅ဝန်းကျင်မှာ.. ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက်.. ထွက်ချင်ထွက်လာမပေါ့..။ လက်ရှိအခြေအနေအရ.. မြန်မာနိုင်ငံသားတွေ.. မြန်မာပြည်ပြန်ရ/မရ.. လုံခြုံစိတ်ချရမှုရှိ/မရှိ... ကိုယ်တိုင်သိကြပါတယ်..။ စစ်မှုထမ်းရှောင်တယ်ဆိုတာက.. ပြည်တော်ပြန်ရ/မရမှာ.. ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက်မကျပါ..။ ကမ္ဘာ့နိုင်ငံပေါင်းများစွာက.. စစ်မှုထမ်းဥပဒေရှိပြီး.. အဲဒီကနေ... ထွက်ပြေးရှောင်တိမ်းတာကို.. လူ့အခွင့်အ‌ရေး/ဘာညာရှုထောင့်က.. အထူးအဆန်းလုပ်.. မသတ်မှတ်တာမို့.. ဖြစ်ပါတယ်..။ ပြည်တွင်းစစ်ကိုတော့.. ထည့်တွက်မယ်... ယူဆရပါတယ်..။ ထရမ့်ပထမသက်တမ်းတုံးက.. ဆီးရီးယားပြည်တွင်းစစ်ကာလမို့..ညှာတာပြီး.... TPS သက်တမ်းတိုးပေးသွားဖူးတာမို့ပါ..။ အမေရိကန်အစိုးရကတော့.. အချက်အလက်နဲ့အလုပ်လုပ်တာမို့... ရန်ကုန်အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာလေဆိပ်မှာ.. သူ့သံရုံးဝန်ထမ်း.. မြန်မာတဦးကိုသွားစောင့်ကြည့်ခိုင်းလိုက်ပြီး.. အမေရိကားက.. မြန်မာနိုင်ငံသား... ဂရင်းကဒ်ပြည်ဝင်စာရင်း.. စင်္ကာပူ/ဘန်ကောက်က.. မြန်မာနိုင်ငံသားတွေအဝင်အထွက်စာရင်းကို.. တလစာလောက်.. သွားထုတ်ကြည့်လိုက်ယုံ...။ ဆိုတော့... ပြင်ဆင်ထားကြစေလိုပါကြောင်း...။
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WTF TRUMP.... ICE Wants To Deport Afghan Journalist Seeks Asylum; Veterans Fight Deportation AMERICAN HEROES: U.S. veterans rally against Afghan deportations, citing moral obligation and danger,;as an Afghan journalist fleeing Taliban torture seeks asylum. CALIFORNIA: An Afghan journalist, who says he was tortured by the Taliban for promoting American values, is seeking political asylum in California amid deportation concerns. His case has drawn support from U.S. military veterans who have formed a group called “Battle Buddies” to advocate for Afghan refugees facing deportation. Following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 and the subsequent Taliban takeover, approximately 200,000 Afghans relocated to the United States. Many Afghans who had worked with the U.S. military and NGOs were included in this relocation. However, the termination of programs that once protected them from deportation has led to widespread fear within the Afghan community. Veterans argue they have a moral obligation to protect these allies, some of whom are now being detained. One such case involves an Afghan translator who says he worked for the U.S. military and has been detained while seeking asylum. The Department of Homeland Security claims there are no records indicating he assisted the U.S. government. The Battle Buddies group, comprised of over 900 veteran volunteers, aims to support Afghans during their court hearings and deter immigration officials from detaining them. Advocates are urging the current administration to restore temporary protected status for Afghans, citing potential dangers to women and children under Taliban rule. While deportations to Afghanistan are reportedly rare, some Afghans have been deported to third countries. #AfghanRefugees #StopDeportation #ICEDeportation #AfghanJournalist #AsylumSeekers #USVeterans #BattleBuddies #MoralObligation #TalibanTorture #ICE #AfghanAllies #TemporaryProtectedStatus #DHSPolicy #CaliforniaAsylum #VeteransSupport #AfghanCommunity #TalibanTakeover #ImmigrationCrackdown #ProtectAfghanAllies #USMilitaryAllies #AsylumRights #NoDeportation #HumanRights #AfghanEvacuation #TrumpPolicy #ICEArrests #VeteransAdvocacy #AfghanTranslator #TalibanPersecution #USPromises #RefugeeCrisis #AfghanWomen #ImmigrationJustice #SupportRefugees #AfghanLivesMatter #TalibanThreat #USBetrayal #VeteransForAfghans #AsylumBacklog #ThirdCountryDeportation #AfghanHeroes #ImmigrationReform #ProtectOurAllies #TalibanRetribution #AmericanValues
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All 30 Million gotta go. There are seasonal visas for farm workers. There are seasonal visas for resort workers, just look anywhere during ski season. The illegals, the welfare, the Million on TemporaryProtectedStatus gotta go.
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ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਨੇ 2015 ਦੇ ਵਿਨਾਸ਼ਕਾਰੀ ਭੂਚਾਲ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਨੇਪਾਲ ਨੂੰ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਅਸਥਾਈ ਸੁਰੱਖਿਅਤ ਦਰਜਾ (TPS) ਖਤਮ ਕਰ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਹੈ। ਸਥਾਨਕ ਮੀਡੀਆ ਨੇ ਇਹ ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ ਦਿੱਤੀ। ਅਮਰੀਕੀ ਗ੍ਰਹਿ ਸੁਰੱਖਿਆ ਵਿਭਾਗ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਸ਼ਨੀਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਜਾਰੀ ਇੱਕ ਨੋਟੀਫਿਕੇਸ਼ਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਹਾ ਗਿਆ ਸੀ ਕਿ ਇਸ ਸਾਲ 24 ਜੂਨ ਨੂੰ TPS ਦੀ ਮਿਆਦ ਖਤਮ ਹੋਣ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਇਸਨੂੰ ਨੇਪਾਲ ਲਈ ਨਹੀਂ ਵਧਾਇਆ ਜਾਵੇਗਾ। 'ਹਿਮਾਲੀਅਨ ਟਾਈਮਜ਼' ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਿਤ ਖ਼ਬਰ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਅਮਰੀਕੀ ਗ੍ਰਹਿ ਸਕੱਤਰ ਕ੍ਰਿਸਟੀ ਨੋਏਮ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ ਕਿ ਲਾਭਪਾਤਰੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਮਿਆਦ ਖਤਮ ਹੋਣ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ 5 ਅਗਸਤ ਤੱਕ 60 ਦਿਨ ਦਿੱਤੇ ਜਾਣਗੇ। TPS ਨਿਰਧਾਰਤ ਦੇਸ਼ਾਂ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਵਾਸੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਬਿਨਾਂ ਕਿਸੇ ਹੋਰ ਕਾਨੂੰਨੀ ਸਥਿਤੀ ਦੇ 18 ਮਹੀਨਿਆਂ ਲਈ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਰਹਿਣ ਦੀ ਆਗਿਆ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਸਮਾਜਿਕ ਸਥਿਤੀਆਂ ਕਾਰਨ ਸੁਰੱਖਿਅਤ ਵਾਪਸੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਰੁਕਾਵਟ ਆਉਣ 'ਤੇ ਕਾਨੂੰਨੀ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਕੰਮ ਕਰਨ ਦੀ ਸਹੂਲਤ ਵੀ ਪ੍ਰਦਾਨ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ। #Nepal #TemporaryProtectedStatus #USA
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