This bill would terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nationals from five countries: Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, and Lebanon. TPS is a humanitarian program that allows citizens of countries experiencing armed conflict or disasters to live and work legally in the United States on a temporary basis. The bill argues that TPS designations for these countries have been repeatedly extended over decades, straying from their original temporary purpose, and asserts that Congress should have greater oversight of these designations. Affected individuals would have 180 days from the bill's enactment to either depart the United States or obtain another form of lawful immigration status (such as asylum or permanent residency); those who remain without legal status after the deadline would face removal proceedings. The bill prevents the Department of Homeland Security from re-designating these countries for TPS protection without new legislation from Congress.
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