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"On November 21, 2014, the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) published three notices in the Federal Register designating Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), each for a period of 18 months. The designations...

White House, Sept. 28, 2016 - "Since 1991, the United States has provided safe haven for Liberians who were forced to flee their country as a result of armed conflict and widespread civil strife, in part through the grant of Temporary Protected Status...

" U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced its intention to automatically extend employment authorization documents (EADs) for Liberian nationals covered under Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) through Sept. 30, 2013. This...

White House Releases Refugee Ceilings for FY 2015 | On September 30, 2014, the White House released a presidential memorandum capping the number of refugee admissions at 70,000 for the upcoming fiscal year and authorizing citizens of some countries...

Guinea - This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 09/26/2016 and available online at https://federalregister.gov/d/2016-23244 Liberia - This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 09/26/2016 and...

"On March 15, 2013, President Obama issued a memorandum to the Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano directing her to extend for an additional 18 months the deferred enforced departure (DED) of certain Liberians and to provide for work...

Designation of Liberia for Temporary Protected Status FR DOC# 2014-27772 Designation of Sierra Leone for Temporary Protected Status FR DOC# 2014-27778 Designation of Guinea for Temporary Protected Status FR DOC# 2014-27770

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 190 / Friday, September 30, 2016 - "The DED extension runs from October 1, 2016 through March 31, 2018. This Notice provides instructions for eligible Liberians on how to apply for the full 18-month extension of employment...

To be published in the Federal Register on Friday, Nov. 21, 2014: Liberia Guinea Sierra Leone USCIS announcement, Nov. 20, 2014

"On September 26, 2014, President Obama issued a memorandum to the Secretary of Homeland Security (“Secretary”), Jeh Charles Johnson, directing him to extend for an additional 24 months the deferred enforced departure (DED) of certain...

DHS Issues New Rules for Transformation to Electronic Form I-94 On March 27, the Department of Homeland Security issued an interim final rule intended to facilitate the transition of Form I-94 from paper to electronic format at air and sea ports of...

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 62 / Friday, March 30, 2018 - "On March 27, 2018, President Trump issued a memorandum to the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary), Kirstjen M. Nielsen, directing her to implement for eligible Liberians a 12-month...

Not since World War II has an international tribunal held a former head state accountable for war crimes. That changed last week when the Special Court for Sierra Leone sentenced Liberia's former president, Charles Taylor, to prison for a term...