The Eighth Circuit has determined that Temporary Protected Status holders are admitted and inspected for the purpose of adjustment of status. “Section 1254a(f)(4) mandates that TPS beneficiaries ‘shall be considered as being in, and maintaining, lawful status as a nonimmigrant’ for purposes of § 1255. 8 U.S.C. § 1254a(f)(4). And an individual cannot gain nonimmigrant status without being considered inspected and admitted. That is, by the express provisions of the INA, (1) every person with lawful status as a nonimmigrant has been ‘admitted’ into the United States, and (2) all nonimmigrants are ‘inspected’ before admission.”
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