A US federal judge paused the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nearly 4,000 people from Myanmar who couldn’t return home after the 2021 military coup.
TPS is a humanitarian program that allows foreign nationals from designated countries experiencing armed conflict, natural disasters, or other extraordinary crises to remain and work legally in the US.
Simon Billeness is the executive director at Campaign for a New Myanmar. He joined us in the DVB Newsroom on Jan. 27.
