Name: Trump administration ending South Sudanese nationals Temporary Protected Status
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Description: CBS News exclusively learned that the Department of Homeland Security is planning to end Temporary Protected Status for South Sudanese nationals. The move would end more than a decade of protection that allowed thousands of displaced South Sudanese nationals to live and work in the U.S.

CBS News exclusively learned that the Department of Homeland Security is planning to end Temporary Protected Status for South Sudanese nationals. The move would end more than a decade of protection that allowed thousands of displaced South Sudanese nationals to live and work in the U.S.

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for approximately 5,000 South Sudanese nationals living in the United States. This protection, in place since South Sudan's independence in 2011, allowed those displaced by conflict and environmental disasters to remain and work in the U.S.

A formal notice of termination will be published, starting a 60-day grace period for affected individuals to leave or face deportation. The administration cites improved conditions in South Sudan, though the State Department continues to warn of ongoing armed conflict and instability. This move follows similar TPS terminations for other nationalities under the current administration.

Trump administration ending South Sudanese nationals' Temporary Protected Status

In a CBS News exclusive, we've learned the Department of Homeland Security is planning to end temporary protected status for South Sudanese nationals. The move would end more than a decade of protection that allowed thousands of displaced South Sudanese nationals to live and work in the U.S. The announcement comes as the U.N. and other organizations warn that South Sudan could be slipping back into a state of open war. CBS News Homeland Security correspondent Nicole Skanga joins us now. So, Nicole, first breakdown, how many people will be impacted by this? What could happen to them? Yeah. Lindsay, DHS estimates that roughly 5,000 South Sudanese nationals are currently living in the U.S. Some of them have lived and worked for over a dozen years here, and the designation dates back to a period of real instability that began when South Sudan first gained its independence back in 2011. Multiple presidential administrations since then have extended the TPS program. Under that program, South Sudanese nationals who couldn't safely return to their home country because of the ongoing armed conflict and environmental disasters were shielded from deportation. That's no longer the case. In fact, a DHS official tells CBS News a formal notice of termination is going to be published in the Federal Register this week. That triggers a 60-day grace period for South Sudanese nationals to depart the U.S. or face deportation once their status officially expires in the beginning of January. And how is the administration defending this? What criticisms is the White House facing in response? Yeah, well, the decision by the DHS Secretary Kristi Noem came after consulting the State Department and other federal agencies. That's what DHS officials tell us. Those sources also pointed to what they say is the end of an armed conflict, improved diplomatic relations, and South Sudan's expressed commitment to reintegrating any returning nationals. They also added that TPS designation for South Sudan would be contrary to U.S. interests. But the State Department maintains a level four do not travel advisory for the country, citing persistent armed conflict, crime, kidnapping. And according to the Council on Foreign Relations, armed clashes among government troops, opposition forces, and ethnic militias continue to claim lives over there and displace civilians. The U.N.'s human rights chief warned as recently as September that the fragile truce in place could crumble. This also isn't the first controversial end of temporary protective status made by this administration. DHS officials have also ended TPS for Venezuelans and Haitians, plus nationals from Nepal, Nicaragua and Honduras. Lindsay. NICOLE SCHENKER, National Public Radio Networks Agency, New York Times, The Washington Post Nicole Schenker, National Public Radio Networks Agency, New York Times, The Washington Post

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