New: Noem's DHS Revokes Protected Status for Yemeni Nationals

Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, is a temporary immigration status provided to refugees from countries experiencing problems that make it unsafe for these people to be deported there. Words mean things, as the late, great Rush Limbaugh was fond of saying. One of those words that means something is "temporary," as in "temporary protected status doesn't mean you get to stay in the United States forever." One group of people so gifted with TPS are Yemeni nationals, and now the temporary status has changed to "over."

Yemeni nationals in the U.S. on temporary protective status will have 60 days to leave the country.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the termination of the protected status for nationals of the Gulf Arab state, which was initially granted Sept. 3, 2015, citing an “ongoing armed conflict” that could “pose a serious threat” to Yemeni nationals if they were to return.
“After reviewing conditions in the country and consulting with appropriate U.S. government agencies, I determined that Yemen no longer meets the law’s requirement to be designated for Temporary Protected Status,” Noem said in a statement. “Allowing TPS Yemen beneficiaries to remain temporarily in the United States is contrary to our national interest. TPS was designed to be temporary, and this administration is returning TPS to its original temporary intent. We are prioritizing our national security interests and putting America first.”

Well, the Secretary of Homeland Security is the person to make that call, and she has clearly made it.

Here's the thing: The United States of America isn't a Motel 6. We can't simply absorb every refugee from every Third World feces-hole on the planet and let them stay here forever. There has to be an ending, and the Trump administration has made it, telling Yemenis that it's time to go home.

We can't fix their broken country. Only they can fix their broken country, and they can't do it from here.

OH's Bernie Moreno Fires Back at Sherrod Brown Over Pushing for Extension of TPS for Haitians

And, of course, on this issue, the Biden administration had been acting in characteristic fashion:

Since 2015, Yemeni nationals have had TPS extended six times – most recently in 2024, the last year of former President Joe Biden’s presidency. His administration extended it three times.
DHS says that Yemen nationals with “no other lawful basis” for remaining in the U.S. have 60 days to “voluntarily” leave the country. The nationals are encouraged to utilize the U.S. Customs and Border Protection app, which “provides a safe, secure way to self-deport,” which includes a “complimentary plane ticket, a $2,600 exit bonus, and potential future opportunities for legal immigration.”

Enough is enough.

Here's the thing: It's a safe bet that most, if not all, of these people will choose to try to duck DHS and ICE and stay here. If they go back, they will have to be sent back, even though the $2,600 baksheesh America is offering them to just go home is a prince's ransom in Yemen. This means that ICE and CBP will have to find them, and it's another safe bet that many of them are ensconced in sanctuary jurisdictions - or soon will be.

The real question is why we are letting them come here in the first place. Yemen won't ever fix itself. Like so many other Third World countries around the world, Yemen's people are the only ones who can fix their broken homeland, and they have little incentive to do so when they know they can just skip to the United States. But that's a story for another day.

Editor’s Note: Thanks to President Trump, illegal immigration into our great country has virtually stopped. Despite the radical left's lies, new legislation wasn't needed to secure our border, just a new president.

Help us continue to report the truth about the president's border policies and mass deportations. Join RedState VIP and use promo code FIGHT to get 60% off your membership.