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DHS Extends Syrians’ Temporary Protected Status for 18 Months

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Allows 6,900 Syrians to remain U.S., but leaves post-August 2016 arrivals in limbo.

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The Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday that it would grant an 18-month extension for 6,900 Syrians’ temporary protected status. “It is clear that the conditions upon which Syria’s designation was based continue to exist, therefore an extension is warranted under the statute,” DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said in a...

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