{"id":672330,"date":"2026-05-29T14:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T14:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/672330\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T14:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T14:58:07","slug":"irc-welcomes-extension-of-temporary-protected-status-for-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/672330\/","title":{"rendered":"IRC welcomes extension of Temporary Protected Status for Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"rpla-paragraph rpla-paragraph--body\">New York, NY, May 29, 2026 \u2014\u00a0 The International Rescue Committee (IRC) welcomes the U.S. government\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/newsroom\/alerts\/dhs-automatically-extends-temporary-protected-status-for-lebanon\" class=\"rpla-link rpla-link--type-one\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announcement<\/a> extending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for six months for Lebanese nationals living in the United States.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rescue.org\/article\/behind-headlines-temporary-protected-status\" class=\"rpla-link rpla-link--type-one\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TPS<\/a> protects foreign nationals residing in the United States from deportation when conditions in their home countries make it unsafe to return. This extension not only protects hundreds of Lebanese nationals living in the United States, it also strengthens American communities that rely on the essential services TPS holders provide. Together, TPS holders from all designated nationalities contribute an estimated\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu\/issues\/2025\/11\/19\/demographic-and-labor-market-profile-of-tps-beneficiaries\" class=\"rpla-link rpla-link--type-one\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$36 billion<\/a> to U.S. GDP each year, strengthening local economies nationwide.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"rpla-paragraph rpla-paragraph--body\">\u201cIn Lebanon this month, I met families living through airstrikes, displacement, and growing food insecurity. Extending Temporary Protected Status means Lebanese nationals in the United States will not be forced back into dangerous conditions but allowed to stay and continue supporting their families and contributing to their local communities,\u201d\u00a0said Kelly Razzouk, IRC Vice President of Policy &amp; Advocacy,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rescue.org\/press-release\/two-months-war-irc-warns-lebanon-humanitarian-crisis-nears-breaking-point\" class=\"rpla-link rpla-link--type-one\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">who visited Lebanon in May<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cAs conflict and humanitarian crises deepen around the world, the United States should continue providing this protection to people who cannot safely return home.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York, NY, May 29, 2026 \u2014\u00a0 The International Rescue Committee (IRC) welcomes the U.S. government\u2019s\u00a0announcement extending Temporary&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-672330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}