The administration of President Donald Trump has moved to end legal protections for thousands of Afghans and Cameroonians legally living in the United States.
On Friday, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security confirmed the decision, which will affect approximately 14,600 Afghans and 7,900 Cameroonians.
Those individuals were able to live in the US under a designation called “temporary protected status” or TPS.
The US government typically offers TPS to individuals already in the US for whom it may be unsafe to return, at least in the short term, due to conflict, natural…