USCIS Terminates TPS for Nicaraguans; Extends TPS for Honduras

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has terminated the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Nicaraguans, but has allowed a one year extension to facilitate the orderly end of the program.  USCIS was unable to reach a decision on whether TPS should be extended or terminated for Honduras.  This failure to issue a decision resulted in an automatic six month extension of TPS for Hondurans.

Both of these announcements can be read here:

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2017/11/06/acting-secretary-elaine-duke-announcement-temporary-protected-status-nicaragua-and

USCIS Announces In-Country Refugee/Parole Processing for Minors in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala

The Department of State and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) are pleased to announce a new in-country refugee and parole program for certain qualified minors in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.  The program allows certain parents who are lawfully present in the U.S. to request access to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program for their children still residing in one of these three countries. Applicants who gain access to the program, but are found ineligible for refugee status will be considered on a case-by-case basis for parole into the United States.

Read USCIS's full announcement here: http://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/refugees-asylum/refugees/country-refugeeparole-processing-minors-honduras-el-salvador-and-guatemala-central-american-minors-cam