The US Department of Homeland Security is ending Temporary Protected Status for citizens of Ethiopia, a government notice on Friday said, as President Donald Trump's administration continues its crackdown on legal and illegal immigration.
Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, provides protection from deportation as well as the ability to work in the US to citizens of countries experiencing conflict or other crises.
A US Citizenship and Immigration Services representative said in a statement that TPS designations “are time-limited and were never meant to be a ticket to permanent residency”.
“Conditions in Ethiopia no longer pose a serious threat to the personal safety of returning Ethiopian nationals,” the representative said.
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