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This bill clarifies and tightens the temporary nature of TPS and shifts more control to Congress and DHS discretion—providing regulatory certainty and legislative oversight but at the cost of removing protections and work rights for many TPS holders, increasing deportation risk, economic disruption, and administrative strain.
Many TPS stakeholders (DHS, employers, applicants, and courts) will have clearer statutory standards for designation, termination, and the temporary nature of TPS, reducing some legal uncertainty about when and how TPS ends.
Employers and agencies will know that TPS-based employment authorization ends on the termination date, giving businesses and contracting agencies clearer rules for hiring and verification.
TPS beneficiaries who secure an independent lawful status (adjustment to LPR, qualifying nonimmigrant status, or asylum) by the deadline will retain lawful presence and avoid removal.
Nationals of Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, and Lebanon currently under TPS will lose TPS protections and work authorization 180 days after enactment, putting them at immediate risk of removal and loss of legal status.
TPS beneficiaries broadly will lose work authorization on termination dates, causing income loss, job displacement, and economic disruption for workers, their families, and local employers who rely on their labor.
Reasserting TPS as strictly temporary and prohibiting DHS redesignation for listed countries removes executive flexibility to respond quickly to new crises, delaying humanitarian relief unless Congress acts.
Based on analysis of 5 sections of legislative text.
Ends TPS for nationals of Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, and Lebanon, bars redesignation for those countries, and requires departure within 180 days unless independent lawful status is secured.
Introduced January 6, 2026 by Wesley Hunt · Last progress January 6, 2026
Terminates Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nationals of Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, and Lebanon and bars the Department of Homeland Security from redesignating those countries for TPS unless a later statute authorizes it. The terminations take effect 180 days after enactment; affected TPS holders must either obtain an independent lawful immigration status (e.g., LPR, qualifying nonimmigrant, or asylum) by that date or depart, and their TPS-based work authorization will expire on the termination date and will not be extended.