Dingell calls for DHS to redesignate Temporary Protected Status for Yemen

January 16th, 20200 WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it will extend but not redesignate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Yemen, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) called on DHS to provide clarity and certainty to Yemenis living in the U.S. and people attempting to flee violence and the worst humanitarian...

Michigan attorney general joins two federal immigration cases

March 1st, 20190 LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined two federal amicus briefs supporting legal actions against the director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to protect immigrants already in this country and to protect those attempting to enter this country.  Ramos v Nielsen, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth...

DHS lets Somali immigrants stay 18 more months

July 21st, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration said on Thursday it would allow some 500 Somalis to remain in the United States for at least another 18 months under protected status, given the violence in their home county. Somalis in the United States with Temporary Protected Status will be able to re-register for an extension of their...

DHS extends TPS for current Syrian holders, but refuse to re-designate Syria

January 31st, 20180 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) took a decision to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for approximately 7,000 Syrian beneficiaries residing in the U.S. Today’s decision only allows current TPS holders to renew their status and remain temporarily in the U.S. However, DHS refuse to...

Syrians with temporary U.S. protection brace for Trump decision

January 26th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Targeted by the Syrian government after providing humanitarian supplies to civilians fleeing air strikes, Mohammad Alala and his wife escaped in 2012, eventually obtaining student visas to enter the United States. They received a form of temporary protected status (TPS) extended to Syrians in the United States...

What you need to know about Trump’s fully implemented travel ban

January 12th, 20181 By Tareq Abdel Wahed DEARBORN — On December 5, the Supreme Court ruled to fully implement President Trump's decision to ban travel from six Muslim-majority countries, despite several legal challenges against it in lower courts. The decision to approve the third iteration of Trump's travel ban has disappointed many in the legal...