Trump Admin to End Protected Status for Over 6,000 Syrian Nationals

Federal officials said conditions no longer prevent Syrians from safely returning to their home country.
Trump Admin to End Protected Status for Over 6,000 Syrian Nationals
People, many of them expatriate Syrians, gather in Berlin, Germany, to celebrate the fall of the Assad regime in Syria on Dec. 8, 2024. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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The Trump administration is ending a designation for Syria that has allowed thousands of its citizens to live and work in the United States.

On Friday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it will not renew Syria’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS), a program that shields eligible foreign nationals from deportation and provides work authorization when a safe return to their home country is deemed impossible due to conditions such as war or natural disaster.