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Title

  • Main Title Temporary Protected Status: Current Immigration Policy and Issues

Creator

  • Author: Seghetti, Lisa
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Section Research Manager
  • Author: Ester, Karma
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Information Research Specialist
  • Author: Wasem, Ruth Ellen
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Specialist in Immigration Policy

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2015-01-12

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This report is a brief overview of current policies regarding temporary protected status (TPS), which is relief from removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). It includes information about humanitarian migrants, temporary protected status, other blanket forms of relief, nationalities receiving protections, and issues with TPS, as well as recent legislation.
  • Physical Description: 11 pages.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Immigration policy
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Refugee policy
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Refugees

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States
  • Place Name: El Salvador
  • Place Name: Haiti
  • Place Name: Honduras
  • Place Name: Liberia
  • Place Name: Nicaragua
  • Place Name: Somalia
  • Place Name: Central America and Caribbean
  • Place Name: Colombia

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: RS20844
  • Accession or Local Control No: RS20844_2015Jan12
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc501923
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