Federal Agency Moves to Shield Thousands of Lebanese Nationals From Deportation

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The protections cover about 11,000 Lebanese citizens living in the United States.

The United States announced on Thursday that it is granting temporary protections to Lebanese nationals who are currently in the country amid the Israeli incursion in Lebanon to root out Hezbollah.

In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said that Lebanese citizens can stay in the United States for 18 months with work permits due to the โ€œongoing armed conflict and extraordinary and temporary conditions in Lebanon.โ€

The DHS protections cover about 11,000 Lebanese citizens living in the country.

Temporary protected status-approved individuals โ€œwill be able to remain in the country while the United States is in discussions to achieve a diplomatic resolution for lasting stability and security across the Israelโ€“Lebanon border,โ€ the DHS said. Lebanese citizens who enter the United States after Oct. 16 wonโ€™t be eligible, the agency said.

Israel launched a series of attacks in Lebanon over the summer targeting the Hezbollah terrorist organization, killing its top commanders, including longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah.

In June, three senators asked the Biden administration to give Lebanese nationals temporary protected status and made a similar request on Tuesday, making note of the recent Israeli military incursion in the country.

โ€œIn the months since our request, the armed conflict between Hezbollah and Israel has only intensified, claiming the lives of civilians, and worsening the already dire humanitarian emergency,โ€ Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), and Dick Durbin((D-Ill.) wrote. โ€œLebanese as well as international agencies, and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) report the displacement of more than one million people, internally.โ€

The DHS announcement was welcomed by the Americanโ€“Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, which said that itโ€™s important for Lebanese citizens to be able to stay out of a conflict. However, it called on the Biden administration to stop providing Israel with weapons.

โ€œIt is not lost on us that these nationals are in this position to begin with because of U.S. foreign policy,โ€ the groupโ€™s executive director, Abed Ayoub, said in a statement.

Temporary protected status is an immigration measure that can be provided to citizens of certain countries that could be deemed unsafe for nationals to be deported there.

Byย Jack Phillips

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