CARACEN, et al. v. Jaddou, et al. Settlement Reopens Pathway to Permanent Residence for Some TPS Recipients
/On March 21, 2022, the plaintiffs and defendants in the case CARECEN, et al. v. Jaddou, et al. entered into a stipulation of settlement and dismissal. This case challenged a policy change made in December 2019 under the Trump administration that upended a long-standing US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) practice that previously provided TPS beneficiaries in removal proceedings who had traveled abroad using advance parole a pathway to adjust their status to that of a lawful permanent resident.
The agreement in this case reopens this pathway for certain TPS beneficiaries giving them the chance to reopen and dismiss their orders of removal and to apply to become permanent residents.
Links:
CARACEN Settlement: https://democracyforward.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CARECEN-DE-68-Settlement.pdf
December 2019 USCIS Policy Change: https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-updates/20191220-TPSTravel.pdf
