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The Biden administration will grant temporary deportation relief and work permits to Afghans without permanent legal status but who are currently in the US, a move that could aid those evacuated after last year’s US withdrawal from Afghanistan.

U.S. President Joe Biden holds a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 3, 2022.U.S. President Joe Biden holds a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 3, 2022.

The designation will be available to those living in the United States by March 15 and last for 18 months, the DHS said, although the status could be renewed. The program allows foreign nationals who cannot return to their home countries due to violent conflict, natural disasters or other extraordinary circumstances the ability to stay and work in the United States legally for a defined period of time.

 

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