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U.S. Ends TPS for Ethiopians, Sets 60-Day Departure Window

Homeland Security says conditions have improved enough to end the designation, triggering a 60-day wind-down with exit incentives.

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
Ethiopians wait to enter Walter E. Washington Convention Center for the the newly-elected Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed speech on Saturday, July 28, 2018, in Potomac, D.C. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Overview

  • Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem issued a Dec. 12 Federal Register notice terminating Ethiopia’s Temporary Protected Status after a review of country conditions.
  • Roughly 5,001 current beneficiaries and 263 pending applicants face loss of work authorization and protection after Feb. 13, 2026 unless they obtain another lawful status.
  • DHS is urging voluntary departure through a CBP mobile app that offers a complimentary plane ticket and a $1,000 exit bonus, with arrests and removals possible after the deadline.
  • Ethiopia’s TPS was first granted in 2022 and renewed in 2024; DHS now says violence is sporadic and conditions no longer meet the statutory criteria.
  • The move accompanies a broader rollback that includes halting processing of legacy Cuban and Haitian family reunification parole cases, as fresh legal challenges are anticipated following mixed court rulings and a Supreme Court order allowing a Venezuelan TPS revocation to proceed.