Temporary Protected Status

On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security announced the termination of temporary protective status or TPS — for Salvadorans seeking refuge in the US — after a massive earthquake leveled their country in 2001. According to...

For another perspective on this development concerning temporary protective status, Rudy Asercion, an elected member of the San Francisco Republican Central Committee, joins BA in our studio. This matter of the DHS revoking TPS from 200,000 Salvadoran beneficiaries,...

By Balitang America, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Sept. 25, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – The Philippines top diplomat appealed to the United States to grant temporary protected status (TPS), so undocumented Filipinos in America could help...

By Balitang America, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Sept. 24, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – The fight continues for temporary protected status. Last week’s Typhoon Mario in the Philippines has Filipino communities pushing harder for the humanitarian...

By Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN North America Bureau August 4, 2014 LOS ANGELES – It’s been nine months since Typhoon Yolanda – one of the world’s largest natural disasters – wreaked havoc in the central Philippines. Since...

By Balitang America Staff, ABS-CBN North America Bureau March 13, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – The Philippines’ request for immigration relief known as temporary protected status is gaining momentum at the State Department, according to Filipino...

By Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Feb. 27, 2014 LOS ANGELES – As Filipino leaders were en route to Washington D.C. for a community engagement with US officials regarding temporary protected status (TPS), Filipinos hit...

By Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Feb. 24, 2014 LONG BEACH, Calif. – As impatience grows over the passage of temporary protected status (TPS), Filipinos held a vigil in support of the humanitarian aid that...

By Don Tagala, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Feb. 14, 2014 NEW YORK – It has been three months since Typhoon Yolanda pummeled through the central part of the Philippines, leaving widespread loss of lives and damage...

By Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Feb. 10, 2014 LOS ANGELES – Filipinos from around the US flooded the phone lines of the Department of Homeland Security and the US State Department, asking for the...