The trump administration will end temporary deportation protections for migrants from south sudan, according to a notice posted by the department of homeland security on wednesday. “the trump administration is playing politics with their lives, forcing our neighbors into legal limbo and putting them at risk of deportation — even though they followed every legal. South sudan has also sought to court the trump administration, taking a small number of deportees from other countries in exchange for some relief from sanctions against its political leaders.
The change will end more than a decade of protection that allowed thousands of displaced south sudanese nationals to live and work legally in the united states. The move aligns with the trump administration’s broader push to eliminate protections for immigrants, including venezuelans and haitians previously granted status. The trump administration has moved to end deportation protections for those from south sudan as the united nations warns the country is on the brink of war.
