US Ends TPS Protections for Honduran, Nicaraguan Nationals

2025-09-09 03:01:21

(MENAFN) The administration of President Donald Trump moved forward with its plan to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for citizens of Honduras and Nicaragua, with the measure scheduled to take effect late Monday.

This decision will end both deportation protections and employment permits for no fewer than 76,000 immigrants.

Announcements released in the Federal Register indicated that the TPS classifications for the two nations would lapse at 11:59 p.m. local time on Sept. 8 (0359 GMT Tuesday).

Once this deadline passes, beneficiaries will no longer be shielded from removal nor legally permitted to work.

The United States initially granted TPS to individuals from Honduras and Nicaragua in 1999 after Hurricane Mitch left catastrophic damage across the region in 1998.

According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the countries no longer fulfill the legal criteria for the program, stressing that both Honduras and Nicaragua have recovered enough to allow the safe repatriation of their citizens.

Currently, about 72,000 Honduran nationals and 4,000 Nicaraguan nationals are holders of TPS.

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