The US Supreme Court unanimously passed an order on Monday which would prohibit TPS holders in the country from applying for permanent residence.  

Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, is a status provided to the immigrants by the US authorities on a temporary basis. Only the citizens of a few selected countries can be given this status. The status was created by the US Congress through the 1990 Immigration Act.

The status has been designed for those who would be stepping into an unsafe country after being deported from the United States, according to reports from the American Immigration Council (AIC), a US-based not-for-profit organisation.

As of March 2021, around 320,000 people living in the US hold the status, according to reports from AIC.

A country may be added to the list of TPS recipients if it faces one or more of the following reasons:

1) Environmental disasters

In case of a natural disaster like tsunamis and earthquakes and the country is unable to provide aid to the return of its citizens, those who were scheduled to be deported from the US would be issued a TPS status.

2) Armed Conflict

An active armed conflict situation in the home country of the person being deported can also qualify for the issuance of the TPS status. A situation that poses a threat to the life and security of an individual reportedly qualifies for this.

3) Extraordinary and temporary conditions

Under this condition, a situation in the foreign state might keep the individual from returning to their home state in a safe manner.