Overview
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ended Myanmar’s TPS after an interagency review, with a 60-day Federal Register notice making the termination effective Jan. 26, 2026.
- Roughly 3,700–4,000 approved beneficiaries, plus about 200 pending applicants, will lose protection from deportation and work authorization on the effective date.
- DHS cited the lifting of a state of emergency, planned elections, ceasefire agreements, and improved local governance to argue conditions now allow safe return.
- Human-rights groups and experts dispute DHS’s findings, noting an ongoing civil war, a U.S. Level 4 travel advisory, and widespread views that the planned elections lack legitimacy.
- Litigation is anticipated given recent court interventions on other TPS rollbacks, and DHS has directed some beneficiaries to arrange voluntary departure through CBP’s CBP Home app.