Correction: Ending Date For Terminated Liberia TPS Program Is Oct. 24; Effective Date Of New Program Under Redesignation Remains Oct. 1

IMMIGRATION LAW & POLICY

Asylum, Refugee, and Other
Protected Statuses

correction: Ending date for terminated Liberia TPS program is Oct. 24; effective date of new program under redesignation remains Oct. 1
Immigrants' Rights Update, Vol. 18, No. 7, November 8, 2004

The Dept. of Homeland Security erred when it announced in the Aug. 25, 2004, Federal Register that the previous temporary protected status (TPS) program for people from Liberia would end on Oct. 1, 2004 (see “TPS Simultaneously Terminated and Redesignated for Liberia,” Immigrants’ Rights Update, Sept. 21, 2004, p. 4). Instead, the ending date for the previous TPS program for Liberia is Oct. 24, 2004. In addition, the validity of Form I‑688B employment authorization documents issued to beneficiaries of the Liberia TPS program that bear (1) an expiration date of Oct. 1, 2004, and (2) a notation of either “274a.12(a)(12)” or “274a.12(c)(19)” is extended to Oct. 24, 2004.

Under section 244(b)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the designation of a country as one whose nationals and former residents are eligible for TPS may not be terminated earlier than 60 days from the time the termination notice is published in the Federal Register. Since the Dept. of Homeland Security published the termination notice on Aug. 24, the designation of Liberia could not legally terminate until Oct. 24.

However, the date on which the redesignation of Liberia for TPS became effective remains Oct. 1, 2004.

69 FR 58934 (Oct. 1, 2004).