DHS to extend deportation protection program for citizens of six countries into 2021

Published November 1, 2019 6:28pm ET



The Trump administration is extending a program that allows illegal immigrants from six specific countries to obtain legal protection from deportation due to their home country’s inability to take back its own citizens.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, an agency within the Department of Homeland Security, says it is continuing the program due to unresolved litigation over related cases that prevents it from immediately changing it.

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