FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Laura Trask
Director, Development & Communications
[email protected]
Washington, D.C. (August 6, 2025) – Ayuda strongly condemns the Department of Homeland Security’s recent decisions to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nationals of Honduras, Nicaragua, Nepal, Afghanistan, and Cameroon. These decisions put tens of thousands of individuals and families – many of whom have lived legally in the United States for decades – at risk of deportation, family separation, and loss of livelihoods.
According to the Federal Register, TPS designations for the following countries are being terminated:
- Afghanistan: July 14, 2025
- Cameroon: August 4, 2025
- Nepal: August 5, 2025
- Honduras: September 8, 2025
- Nicaragua: September 8, 2025
Despite the Department of Homeland Security’s claim that country conditions have improved, numerous human rights organizations, legal experts, and directly impacted communities have emphasized that these countries remain unsafe and unstable. For many TPS holders, returning would mean facing violence, political instability, lack of access to healthcare, and humanitarian crises.
Ayuda serves TPS recipients throughout Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia and knows firsthand how these terminations threaten community stability and well-being. These actions are part of a larger agenda that seeks to restrict immigration and fast-track mass deportations – even for those who have lived here legally, contributed to our economy, and raised families on U.S. soil.
Ongoing Legal Challenges
Several legal challenges have already been launched to stop or pause the implementation of these terminations:
- In July 2025, the National TPS Alliance, in partnership with other advocacy groups and immigration attorneys, filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block the terminations of TPS for Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua, citing violations of the Administrative Procedure Act and due process.
- Legal challenges to the termination of TPS for Haiti and Venezuela remain ongoing, with courts continuing to weigh whether the terminations are lawful. These efforts have already delayed implementation and reveal the administration’s inconsistent and harmful approach to humanitarian protections.
These lawsuits underscore the legal and moral urgency of the moment. Families remain in limbo. Employers are losing vital workers. Communities are destabilized by the looming threat of deportation.
“This abrupt cancellation of Temporary Protected Status will tear families apart and plunge long-settled community members into chaos,” said Paula Fitzgerald, executive director of Ayuda.
“Parents who have built lives here for decades now face the specter of deportation – and the very real possibility of being separated from U.S.-born children and spouses. The uncertainty this creates undermines their ability to work, go to school, or seek medical care without fear.”
Ayuda stands with TPS recipients and calls on Congress to act now. The only lasting solution is a pathway to permanent residency and citizenship. No one should have to choose between safety and separation – or face life-altering consequences due to political decisions that ignore both the facts on the ground and the values we claim to uphold.
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About Ayuda:
Ayuda provides direct legal, social, and language access services to low-income immigrants in Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. Since 1973, Ayuda has served more than 150,000 immigrants throughout the region. Ayuda is the only nonprofit service provider in the area that provides a wide range of immigration and family law assistance, social services, and language access support for all immigrants – including women, men, and children – from anywhere in the world. Visit www.ayuda.com to learn more.
