Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is a temporary immigration benefit established by the U.S. Congress in 1990 to protect persons of certain nationalities who cannot return safely to their home countries due to ongoing armed conflict, natural disaster, and other extraordinary temporary conditions.
For over thirty years TPS has proven to be an effective tool to save lives and strengthen communities. Through this campaign, we want to motivate communities that could benefit from TPS to organize and work in alliances, so that with their voices they can influence the U.S. government to provide them with TPS relief.
GOAL
Advocate for designations, extensions of relief, and new designations for TPS and a path to permanent residency for TPS holders with more than 3 years of U.S. residency.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Amplification of stories of people who could benefit from or already have TPS.
Successful advocacy directed at USCIS to extend TPS registration periods.
Development of educational tools to provide updates to TPS beneficiaries.
We are a national reference with more than three decades of experience in advocacy and grassroots organizing for TPS.
Twenty member organizations actively lead nationwide efforts related to TPS, including support for permanent residency for current TPS beneficiaries.
TPS is a fight for justice and dignity
The Latin American and Caribbean countries covered by TPS are:
Honduras, extended to certain individuals for the past 25 years
Nicaragua, extended to certain individuals for the past 25 years.
El Salvador, extended to certain individuals for the past 23 years.
Haiti was first designated in January 2010 and has received new TPS designations in 2021, 2023, and 2024. Extensions of relief have also been provided to existing TPS holders.
Venezuela was first designated with TPS in March 2021, subsequently received an extension of relief in July 2022, and finally another extension and a new TPS designation in September 2023.
Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador, the countries with the longest track records
It has been more than two decades since El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua last received new TPS designations. Since then, no other nationals from these countries have benefited from the program despite living in this country for decades.
Haiti and Venezuela, the most recent designations
Haiti and Venezuela are the only countries in the Americas to have received TPS designations and new TPS designations in the past 10 years.
As of March 31, 2024, USCIS estimates that 344,335 Venezuelan nationals were covered by TPS.
As of August 4, 2024, DHS estimates that approximately 309,000 individuals may become eligible for TPS under the new TPS designation for Haiti.
We need new designations
Granting new TPS designations for Guatemala, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua would protect thousands of people with deep roots in the United States.
Every extension, designation, and redesignation of TPS has been the result of organizing, education, and advocacy efforts led by directly affected people and community-based organizations. We will continue to fight to protect more people.
OUR RECENT RESOURCES
Call for TPS re-registration (for Spanish-speaking audiences)
Five myths why many TPS beneficiaries from El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua have failed to re-register
Delegation to Honduras and El Salvador with Massachusetts Lawmakers
We met immigrant human rights defenders and legal experts in Honduras and El Salvador to document the political, economic and social conditions that cause the exodus of people seeking protection in the U.S
"Contextualizing the Migrant Narrative” Webinar Series
Alianza Americas set out to influence the course of the national discourse on migrants and migration with the webinar series Contextualizing the Migrant Crisis Narrative. The series was led by a group of organizations in the Chicagoland area as an effort to contextualize the current wave of migrants arriving in the United States.
Alianza Americas leverages delegations and tours to foster awareness, inspire change, and forge robust cross-border coalitions dedicated to advocating for a brighter future across the Americas.
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