A US court has blocked the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghan nationals in the country, providing a one-week extension. The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted a stay following a request from advocacy group CASA on the day TPS was to end. The Department of Homeland Security had announced the expiration of TPS, citing improved conditions in Afghanistan. Rights groups condemned this decision, arguing that it endangers lives and overlooks the ongoing dangers faced by Afghans.
A US court has blocked plans to end Temporary Protected Status for Afghans, granting a one-week reprieve to those at risk of deportation to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued an administrative stay on TPS termination, granting CASA's request to protect Afghans living in the US.
The DHS claimed the conditions in Afghanistan have improved sufficiently to terminate TPS, posing no threat to Afghan nationals' safety.
Rights groups argued that allowing TPS protections to expire puts lives in jeopardy and ignores on-ground realities in Afghanistan.
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