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DHS Ends TPS for Ethiopians, Sets 60-Day Exit Window

Homeland Security says conditions in Ethiopia no longer meet the legal standard for temporary protection.

A view shows the U.S. Department of Homeland Security signage in New York City, U.S., July 21, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters as she arrives to testify before the House Homeland Security Committee on Capitol Hill Dec. 11, 2025. (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images)
Ethiopian activists protesting outside the White House in Washington in 2021 against what they claimed was US support for the Tigray People's Liberation Front. AFP
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Overview

  • About 5,001 Ethiopians currently hold TPS, with 263 applications pending, and work authorization and deportation protection will lapse after February 13, 2026.
  • DHS is offering voluntary departure through the CBP Home app with a free plane ticket and a $1,000 exit payment, and it warns arrests and removals may follow for those who remain.
  • Secretary Kristi Noem formalized the termination in a Dec. 12 Federal Register notice, reversing a status first granted in 2022 and extended in 2024.
  • DHS also said it is no longer processing legacy cases in the Cuban and Haitian family reunification parole programs, citing fraud concerns and limited deterrent effects.
  • The move aligns with a broader 2025 rollback of TPS and parole programs, which has drawn lawsuits, as courts including the U.S. Supreme Court have allowed some terminations to proceed during litigation.