RE: The Latin American Report # 532

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but under the TPS program the refugees were able to seek citizenship after their grant of residence in the US. After 25 years, I would expect folks that wanted to reside in the US lawfully to have pursued and attained that status.

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I think they are not refugees. The AP article I referred reads that TPS status doesn't allow holders to pursue U.S. citizenship. I think this elaborates on that idea: https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status

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From the above link:

"An application for TPS does not affect an application for asylum or any other immigration benefit and vice versa. Denial of an application for asylum or any other immigration benefit does not affect your ability to register for TPS, although the grounds of denial of that application may also lead to denial of TPS."

You are correct that TPS does not provide itself a route to permanent residency or citizenship, but application for such immigration status remains available to those that seek it, although it does look like doing so could also compromise their TPS status, if things go wrong.

Thanks for the additional, informative, link.

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Maybe the majority of these people already have another protection, or have some open process related, especially after Trump, during his first tenure, activated this same effort to remove their TPS.

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