US Ends Temporary Deportation Protections for South Sudanese Nationals

Nationals from Syria, Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba, Nicaragua, and several other countries have also had their respective TPS statuses revoked.

A South Sudanese military police officer sits on a pickup truck while monitoring the area as troops belonging to the South Sudanese Unified Forces take part in a deployment ceremony at the Luri Military Training Centre in Juba, on Nov. 15, 2023. Peter Louis Gume/AFP via Getty Images

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed it would end protections from deportation for South Sudanese nationals, according to a notice published on Nov. 5 in the Federal Register.

South Sudanese nationals now have a 60-day grace period to leave the United States before facing deportation starting in early January 2026, the DHS said in the notice on their designation status, which expired on Nov. 3.