Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is a temporary immigration benefit established by the U.S. Congress in 1990 to protect persons of certain nationalities who cannot return safely to their home countries due to ongoing armed conflict, natural disaster, and other extraordinary temporary conditions.

For over thirty years TPS has proven to be an effective tool to save lives and strengthen communities. Through this campaign, we want to motivate communities that could benefit from TPS to organize and work in alliances, so that with their voices they can influence the U.S. government to provide them with TPS relief. 

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GOAL

• Advocate for designations, extensions of relief, and new designations for TPS and a path to permanent residency for TPS holders with more than 3 years of U.S. residency.

ACHIEVEMENTS 

• Amplification of stories of people who could benefit from or already have TPS.
• Successful advocacy directed at USCIS to extend TPS registration periods.
• Development of educational tools to provide updates to TPS beneficiaries.
• We are a national reference with more than three decades of experience in advocacy and grassroots organizing for TPS.
• Twenty member organizations actively lead nationwide efforts related to TPS, including support for permanent residency for current TPS beneficiaries.

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TPS is a fight for justice and dignity

The three long-standing Latin American countries covered by TPS are:

• El Salvador, extended to certain individuals for the past 23 years.
• Honduras, extended to certain individuals for the past 25 years
• Nicaragua, extended to certain individuals for the past 25 years.

As of March 2024, USCIS estimates that 237,590 individuals from the three countries remain protected from deportation.

Twenty-one years later, Venezuela has been the only Latin American country designated with TPS.  As of March 31, 2024, USCIS estimates that 344,335 Venezuelan nationals were covered by TPS.

Granting new TPS designations for Guatemala, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua would protect thousands of people with deep roots in the United States. 

Every extension, designation, and redesignation of TPS has been the result of organizing, education, and advocacy efforts led by directly affected people and community-based organizations. We will continue to fight to protect more people.

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OUR RECENT RESOURCES

Call for TPS re-registration (for Spanish-speaking audiences)

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Five myths why many TPS beneficiaries from El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua have failed to re-register

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Tips for people who have re-registered for TPS and applied for a new employment authorization card, but USCIS has not yet responded

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Short videos