Myanmar's Immigration Status extended by U.S. until May 2024
The Migration Policy Institute's study of census data indicates that in 2019, there were around 150,000 immigrants from Myanmar living in the United States.
Following a military takeover in Myanmar last year, the Biden administration has stated that it is increasing and extending the temporary legal status in the United States for several thousand citizens from that Asian nation.
The judgment made on Monday allows an estimated 970 people from Myanmar to continue to live and work in the United States until May 25, 2024.
It also grants eligibility to 2,290 more persons who were present in the country on Sunday.
According to Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, "the people of Myanmar continue to suffer from a complicated and worsening humanitarian crisis as a result of a military coup, upheaval, and security forces' violent aggression against civilians."
The military has controlled Myanmar, commonly known as Burma, for the majority of the last 70 years.
The army's takeover, which led to a flurry of sanctions against the military, which controls many enterprises as well as army family members and cronies, halted a steady move toward democratic civilian administration and a more modern, open economy.
The Migration Policy Institute's study of census data indicates that in 2019, there were around 150,000 immigrants from Myanmar living in the United States.
In order to provide a safe refuge for those who could not return to their home countries because of natural catastrophes or civil unrest, Congress established the Temporary Protected Status programme in 1990.
The status, which may be renewed in increments of up to 18 months, benefits approximately 350,000 individuals from more than a dozen different countries. El Salvador's citizens are the main winners.
The Trump administration tried to revoke the status for numerous nations, but it ran into legal problems.
