The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published on 12 December 2025 an announcement titled "DHS Announces the Termination of Temporary Protected Status for Ethiopia."
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security concluded that conditions in Ethiopia no longer pose a serious threat to the personal safety of Ethiopian nationals. Consequently, Secretary Kristi Noem terminated the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation of Ethiopia. Ethiopian nationals with no other lawful basis for remaining in the United States have 60 days to voluntarily self deport.
VisaHQ.com posted on 13 December 2025 an announcement titled "U.S. Terminates Temporary Protected Status for Ethiopians, Affecting 30,700 Residents."
Comment: This is part of the Trump administration's policy to remove from the country as many non-Americans as possible. Reporting on the number of Ethiopians affected varies. Some accounts place the number holding TPS as low as 5,000.
