Overview
- DHS published a Federal Register notice on Nov. 24–25 terminating Myanmar’s Temporary Protected Status, triggering a 60-day wind‑down before the Jan. 26, 2026 end date.
- Roughly 3,900 to 4,000 current TPS holders from Myanmar are affected, according to federal figures cited in the coverage.
- Secretary Kristi Noem said TPS could end because conditions had improved, pointing to the lifting of a state of emergency, ceasefire agreements, planned elections and other governance claims, and citing national‑interest concerns.
- Human-rights groups and UN officials dispute those assertions, noting ongoing conflict, a U.S. Level‑4 travel advisory, and warnings that junta-run elections cannot be free or fair.
- The move is part of a broader rollback of TPS for multiple nationalities, and legal challenges are expected as courts have both paused and allowed other terminations in recent cases.