The United States expands the number of Venezuelans who will be able to apply for TPS and access work authorizations

The government of the American president, Joe Bidenannounced this Wednesday the renewal and expansion of an immigration authorization known as Temporary Protected Status (TPS, in English), which would allow 472 thousand people to work and reside legally in U.S.

In a conference call with the press, government representatives explained that the program TPS It will be expanded so that all Venezuelans who have resided continuously in the United States since July 31, 2023 can benefit from it, which significantly increases the number of people who can benefit from the program.

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So far, only Venezuelans who have been in U.S since March 2021, when Biden announced the program’s entry into force.

With this change, the number of Venezuelans who could obtain authorization to work and reside in the United States increases. from 242,700 to 472,000detailed the Department of Homeland Security is a statement.

In practice, when expanding the TPS to VenezuelaBiden will allow Venezuelans who arrived irregularly in the United States in record numbers in the last two years to temporarily regularize their situation.

This change in the program comes at a time when politicians from Biden’s party, such as the mayor of New York, Eric Adamshave been pressing the Administration to grant temporary work permits to the thousands of refugees and undocumented migrants awaiting resolution of their cases.

Likewise, the Administration renewed the validity of the TPS for 18 months, although it may be extended again in the future, as has already happened on several occasions.

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TPS is an immigration program created in 1990 with which the US grants extraordinary authorizations to immigrants of nations affected by wars, natural disasters, epidemics or other conditions that do not make it safe for nationals to return to their countries of origin.

The Biden Administration decided to grant TPS to Venezuelans due to “growing instability in Venezuela Still the lack of security“, as the Department of Security recalled in its statement this Wednesday.

Source: Elcomercio

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