The Trump administration will extend temporary protections for Syrians living in the United States for 18 months, allowing thousands of people to remain and work legally, according to an administration official
Washington .
The administration has moved to end the Temporary Protected Status for many of the countries with such protection, including El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Sudan, Haiti and Nepal, arguing that the conditions in those countries no longer supported the designation.However, legal challenges have prevented the US from terminating the status for those countries, leaving people in limbo as the cases work through the courts.
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