Trump terminates TPS for Sudan — first TPS termination of the administration

DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announces the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Sudan, the first TPS termination under the Trump administration. Sudan's TPS designation, in place since 1997, is ended on the grounds that conditions in Sudan no longer meet the statutory threshold for designation. The termination sets the template for a wave of TPS terminations that follows: Haiti in November 2017, Nicaragua in January 2018, and El Salvador in January 2018. Collectively, these terminations affect more than 300,000 people. The pattern establishes the Trump administration's stance that TPS is a temporary measure that must end when the formal designation conditions change — a position it applies again in its second term when Noem terminates Yemen's TPS without completing the required country conditions review.