TPS updates: El Salvador, Lebanon, and Yemen

El Salvador: On April 28, 2026, USCIS updated its TPS El Salvador webpage to indicate that Salvadorans with TPS that expired on March 9, 2025 have an automatic employment authorization extension through July 22, 2026. Per AILA, Salvadoran TPS holders and their employers should print or otherwise save this webpage as evidence of work permission for I-9 and other purposes.

Lebanon: On May 28, 2026, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security published in the Federal Register that TPS holders from Lebanon would receive an automatic six-month extension of TPS protections. The Federal Register Notice states that the Secretary of Homeland Security had not decided whether to extend or terminate TPS for Lebanon because “rapidly unfolding events in Lebanon in March 2026 impacted the Department's ability to conduct a thorough review of prevailing country conditions for the Secretary's timely consideration and determination.” TPS for Lebanon is now set to expire on November 27, 2026. Read the USCIS press release here.

Yemen: On May 1, 2026, a federal district court in New York temporarily blocked TPS termination for Yemen. TPS for Yemenis was set to end on May 4, 2026, but the court order indefinitely postpones the termination. See the updated information available on the USCIS website here.