US to end temporary legal status for Ethiopians

The US is ending temporary legal status for citizens of Ethiopia in the US, according to a government notice on Friday, as the Trump administration continues its crackdown on legal and illegal immigration, reports The Guardian. ‘After reviewing country conditions and consulting with appropriate US Government agencies, the secretary determined that Ethiopia no longer continues to meet the conditions for the designation for Temporary Protected Status,’ Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem said in a notice posted in the Federal Register. Temporary protected status is available to people whose home country has experienced a natural disaster, armed conflict or other extraordinary event. It provides eligible migrants with work authorisation and temporary protection from deportation. The programme was created in 1991 and, under former US President Joe Biden, it was extended to cover about 60 0000 Venezuelans and 521 000 Haitians. Noem reversed the extensions in February, saying they were no longer justified.

Full report in The Guardian