Migrants with temporary status must seek residency or leave the US, says secretary

US President Donald Trump speaks at a rally to kick off the Great American State Fair celebrating the 250th anniversary of US independence, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., US, June 24, 2026.
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Migrants living in the United States with temporary protected status should seek permanent residency or return to their home countries, he said on Sunday (28) the US Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin.
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The statement, made to CNN's State of the Union program, comes after the Supreme Court's divided decision last week, which allowed President Donald Trump's government to strip hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants of humanitarian status that protects them against deportation to countries marked by conflict and extreme poverty.
"Or try to fill out the paperwork to stay here with permanent status, or we'll help you get back to your country," Mullin said.
"We'll even provide an air ticket, plus about $2,100 to help you resettle when you get there. But Temporary Protected Status, as the courts ruled and as its name implies, is not permanent status," he added.
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The statement comes amid tightening immigration policy. of the Donald Trump administration, which has sought to reduce the forms of temporary protection granted to immigrants.
Federal legislation allows the United States government to grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to people fleeing wars, natural disasters or other exceptional conditions.
The benefit allows them to live and work in the United States for the duration of the protection, but does not guarantee automatic access to permanent residence (the green card).
➡ What is TPS? Created by the U.S. Congress in 1990, the program provides protection from deportation and work authorization for citizens of countries affected by armed conflict, natural disasters, or other humanitarian crises while conditions in those locations make it unsafe to return.
The United States first granted TPS to Haitians after the devastating 2010 earthquake and to Syrians after the country plunged into civil war in 2012.
Although that status was renewed Successively over the years, the Trump administration has attempted to restrict the program and end the protection granted to some groups of immigrants.
In recent months, the administration revoked TPS for some Venezuelans benefiting from the program and announced the end of protection for other groups. Last week, the Supreme Court cleared the way for the government to also withdraw the benefit from thousands of Haitians and Syrians.
Despite this, the US State Department continues to recommend that American citizens not travel to Haiti or Syria due to violence, crime, terrorism and kidnappings.
During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump falsely accused Haitians living in the state of Ohio of eating other people's pets.
Still, the conservative majority of the Supreme Court concluded that the Haitians who challenged the measure in court would probably not be able to prove the allegation that the government's decision was racially motivated.
Last month, the government also partially withdrew from a guideline that required immigrants in temporary status to leave the United States to apply for a green card, but began to allow exceptions in cases considered extraordinary.
With information from the news agency Reuters.

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