Month: March 2022

Ukraine Designated Temporary Protected Status (TPS)

On March 3, 2022, President Biden announced the designation of Ukraine for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which is granted for citizens whose home country is affected by war, disaster or other extreme conditions, making it unsafe to return. The new designation will allow Ukrainians, who lack permanent status and were physically in the U.S. as of March 1, 2022, to…

TPS Designated for Sudan and Extended for South Sudan

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended its Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for South Sudan and added a new designation for Sudan for 18 months. In light of the current political instability and civil unrest across the two countries, Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas has decided to “offer temporary protection to Sudanese and South Sudanese nationals in the United States…

Biden nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for U.S. Supreme Court

President Biden nominated federal appeals judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court last week, in a historic appointment (assuming it is confirmed) of the first black woman to sit in the United State’s highest court. The nomination comes after Supreme Court judge Stephen Breyer announced his intention to retire, back at the end of January 2022. Jackson was…