FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 23, 2021
CONTACT: Shannon Wilson: wilson.s@arcsyria.org ; Jenny Lindell: jlindell@sacouncil.com
ARCS, CLINIC, and SAC call on USCIS to immediately publish a Federal Register Notice automatically extending work permits for Syrians on TPS for at least another six months and taking steps to ensure other TPS holders and their employers do not have to face this issue going forward.
Read the Full Press Release (PDF).
The American Relief Coalition for Syria and 37 other leading Syrian medical and humanitarian organizations wrote to the World Health Organization Regional Offices this week to plead for their help.
On September 12, 2019, ARCS' Executive Committee Member and Syria Relief & Development' Co-Founder, Jomana Qaddour, provided a powerful testimony on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Syria at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission hearing. Watch the full hearing here: https://humanrightscommission.house.gov/events/hearings/ongoing-humanitarian-crisis-syria. Below is Jomana's full testimony.
Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
Decision Follows Sustained Advocacy by Syrian American Organizations with Congress and Trump Administration
(Washington, D.C. - July 31, 2019) Tomorrow, August 1, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will announce its decision whether to renew Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syrians. Today, 7,000 Syrians in the United States are on TPS and an additional 7,000 Syrians in the U.S. who would benefit from redesignation of TPS.
ARCS joined in a letter from 46 well-respected human rights, immigration, advocacy, and humanitarian organizations in calling for the extension and redesgination of TPS for Syria.
June 19, 2019
ARCS Members Call for all Attacks in Northwest Syria to Cease Immediately