Biden BLOCKS deportation of Afghans to US due to Taliban regime as he faces pressure to take in some of millions of Ukrainian refugees
- Afghans living in the US can now apply for Temporary Protected Status, which will protect them from deportation for 18 months.
- Many of the more than 76,000 Afghans arrived in the US on parole, meaning they could not apply for permanent residence and could be deported.
- The TPS program is only available to Afghans who arrived in the US as of March 15, and those who have committed certain crimes are not eligible.
- Biden gave Ukraine TPS last week, but some are urging him to do more to bring migrants to the US.
The Biden administration will protect tens of thousands of Afghans from deportation after deeming security conditions too dangerous under Taliban rule as lawmakers ramp up calls for the president to allow Ukrainian refugees to come to the US.
The Department of Homeland Security has granted Afghanistan Temporary Protection Status (TPS), meaning that immigrants to the US who qualify for TPS can be protected from deportation for 18 months.
“Armed conflict continues in Afghanistan, which poses a serious threat to the security of returning citizens, as the Taliban seek to establish control in all areas of the country, and the Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) attacks civilians,” the Ministry of Internal Affairs said in a statement. security. Alejandro Majorcas noted in the ad.
Many of the more than 76,000 Afghans who arrived in the US during the frenzied withdrawal can breathe a sigh of relief at the new order. Evacuees arrived in the US under a humanitarian classification known as parole, rather than traditional refugee status. On parole, evacuees cannot apply for permanent residence and risk being deported if their asylum applications are denied.”
The Biden administration will protect tens of thousands of Afghans from deportation, deeming security conditions too dangerous under Taliban rule.
Many of the more than 76,000 Afghans who arrived in the US during the frenzied withdrawal can breathe a sigh of relief at the new order.
Only about 37,000 Afghan evacuees who have been granted special immigrant visas can apply for permanent residence because they or their immediate families helped the US military effort in Afghanistan.
The TPS program is only available to Afghans who arrived in the US on March 15, and those who have committed certain crimes are not eligible.
After the Trump administration tried to end TPS protection for hundreds of thousands of immigrants living in the US, the Biden administration has since expanded the program to about 500,000 people in the US — immigrants from Venezuela, Honduras, Sudan, and now Ukraine. Biden offered TPS to the Ukrainians a week after the Russian invasion.”
Ukrainian refugees wait to board buses after crossing the border during snowfall in Medyka, Poland, on March 9.
As the Biden administration bolsters protections for Afghans, calls are being stepped up by many to open US borders to some of the more than 3 million people who have fled Ukraine in recent weeks.
And as the Biden administration bolsters protections for Afghans, calls are being stepped up by many to open US borders to some of the more than 3 million people who have fled Ukraine in recent weeks. According to the UN, the United States has so far received only a few hundred Ukrainians.
Biden said the US is ready to take in refugees if necessary, but Europe must take the lead in this situation. On Monday, he tweeted that the US would “receive Ukrainian refugees with open arms.”
“We’re going to welcome the Ukrainian refugees with open arms if they actually make it all the way here,” Biden said a few days earlier during a Democratic meeting in Philadelphia.
Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians, mostly women and children, made their way to Poland, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia as Russian rockets fired at residential areas across the country.
“More needs to be done for refugees, to protect people. And I hope that all of this can be done on a bipartisan basis,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on the floor of the House of Representatives on Wednesday.
“Given the ongoing scale of the refugee crisis, the Biden administration should consider a bolder and more direct role in providing asylum to those seeking safety in the US,” said Krish O’Mara Vinyaraja, president and CEO of the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service. says in the statement.
The State Department said it would work with the United Nations to bring Ukrainian refugees to the US if they were not protected in Europe, “keeping in mind that resettlement in the United States is not a quick process.”
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