Temporary protected status

Major Global Companies Pledge Support For Refugees Fleeing Ukraine

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Tuesday, March 22, 2022
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NEW YORK, March 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 50 major companies with operations around the world have joined together and today pledged to provide for the immediate needs and additional support to people fleeing Ukraine. More than 3.5 million people have fled the country since Russia's invasion began on February 24.

Key Points: 
  • We, member companies of the Tent Partnership for Refugees, stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters fleeing Ukraine.
  • Individually, the companies who signed the statement have committed financial and other support to help people who have fled Ukraine.
  • Founded by Chobani's founder and CEO Hamdi Ulukaya in 2016, we are a network of over 200 major companies committed to including refugees.
  • Tent believes that companies can most sustainably support refugees by leveraging their core business operations by engaging refugees as potential employees, entrepreneurs and consumers.

Major Global Companies Pledge Support For Refugees Fleeing Ukraine

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Airbnb, Human, Unilever, Organization, First Nations in Ontario, DHS, NEW, Uber, Multimedia, Tent, UNHCR, CEO, United States Secretary of Homeland Security, TPS, Time, United Nations, Department, Founder, Temporary protected status, Fear, FedEx, TPD, Ulukaya, Carpet, Drug, Amazon, Chobani, EU, Pfizer, Refugee

NEW YORK, March 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 50 major companies with operations around the world have joined together and today pledged to provide for the immediate needs and additional support to people fleeing Ukraine. More than 3.5 million people have fled the country since Russia's invasion began on February 24.

Key Points: 
  • We, member companies of the Tent Partnership for Refugees, stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters fleeing Ukraine.
  • Individually, the companies who signed the statement have committed financial and other support to help people who have fled Ukraine.
  • Founded by Chobani's founder and CEO Hamdi Ulukaya in 2016, we are a network of over 200 major companies committed to including refugees.
  • Tent believes that companies can most sustainably support refugees by leveraging their core business operations by engaging refugees as potential employees, entrepreneurs and consumers.

New York Immigration Attorney Prashanthi Reddy Received Prestigious "Friend of the Consulate" Award

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Monday, October 11, 2021
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The inscription on the award stated "In recognition of your deep commitment and dedication towards serving the society.

Key Points: 
  • The inscription on the award stated "In recognition of your deep commitment and dedication towards serving the society.
  • Upon receiving the award, Reddy said, "I was honored and humbled to be felicitated and honored by the consul General of the Indian Consulate in New York."
  • A 1996 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, Reddy has been practicing immigration law since 1997.
  • The Law Office of Prashanthi Reddy, PLLC is in Midtown Manhattan, the heart of New York City.

TheDream.US and Social Finance Create First-of-its-Kind Loan Fund to Help Dreamers Attend Graduate School

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Thursday, September 23, 2021
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View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210923005640/en/

Key Points: 
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210923005640/en/
    Ninety-eight thousand Dreamers graduate from public K-12 schools each year, but they are virtually locked out of college.
  • This first-of-its-kind impact investment fund aims to provide loans to more than 1,500 TheDream.US scholarship recipients to help them achieve economic and social mobility.
  • Through the fund, Dreamers can access loans with interest rates on par with those available to American citizens via the federal governments Direct PLUS loan program.
  • Social Finance, an impact finance and advisory nonprofit, will raise the capital and manage the fund toward achieving optimal student outcomes.

Honduras Government optimistic with Biden administration

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Tuesday, January 19, 2021
HONDURAS, Northern Triangle of Central America, Republics, Temporary protected status, Americas, Continents, Countries

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Government of Honduras considered that the rise to power of President-Elect Joe Biden is an important opportunity to increase aid through the Alliance for Prosperity program, negotiate a new Temporary Protected Status(TPS), and maintain the fight against drug trafficking.

Key Points: 
  • TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Government of Honduras considered that the rise to power of President-Elect Joe Biden is an important opportunity to increase aid through the Alliance for Prosperity program, negotiate a new Temporary Protected Status(TPS), and maintain the fight against drug trafficking.
  • "It is a new opportunity to strengthen the relations of cooperation and understanding that we have historically maintained with the United States.
  • The government official was optimistic with the announcements made by U.S. president-elect, especially on the immigration issue, and considered that this new administration opens a path of hope for beneficiaries of the TPS and the Dream Act, known as Tepesianos and Dreamers respectively.
  • Regarding the fight against drug trafficking, Rosales emphasized that "we must understand that this fight will continue, it is a commitment assumed by the Government of Honduras to confront this scourge with determination, and we count with the United States."

Ninth Circuit Affirms That Temporary Protected Status is Temporary and Subject to the Unreviewable Discretion of DHS, Says FAIR

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Monday, September 14, 2020
TPS, Temporary protected status

"The Ninth Circuit affirmed two clear aspects of TPS.

Key Points: 
  • "The Ninth Circuit affirmed two clear aspects of TPS.
  • The first is that the T in TPS stands for temporary and that it is not intended, nor should it be, a backdoor to permanent residency.
  • In the case of citizens of El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan, the crises that triggered the TPS designation have long since passed.
  • With over 2 million members and supporters nationwide, FAIR fights for immigration policies that serve national interests, not special interests.

FAIR: Termination of TPS was Long Overdue

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Friday, May 4, 2018
Temporary protected status, TPS, Honduran

WASHINGTON, May 4, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --"Today's announcement by the Department of Homeland Security, that Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Hondurans will be terminated, was long overdue.

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, May 4, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --"Today's announcement by the Department of Homeland Security, that Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Hondurans will be terminated, was long overdue.
  • Winding down TPS for Hondurans follows similar steps in recent months to end "temporary" protections for other nationalities that, in some cases, have stretched out for two decades.
  • There is no reason to believe that these longstanding problems would be solved by another extension of TPS.
  • "Some 86,000 Hondurans who were granted TPS accepted that designation with the full understanding that their stay in this country would be temporary.