[20220329]IN11903_阿富汗被指定为临时受保护国家.pdf

CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Afghanistan Designated for Temporary Protected Status March 29, 2022 On March 15, 2022, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the designation of Afghanistan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for a period of 18 months. The designation of Afghanistan for TPS is based on ongoing armed conflict “as the Taliban seeks to impose control in all areas of the country and Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) conducts attacks against civilians.” The announcement also references the “extraordinary and temporary” conditions that prevent Afghans from being able to return safely to Afghanistan: a “collapsing public sector, a worsening economic crisis, drought, food and water insecurity, lack of access to healthcare, internal displacement, human rights abuses and repression by the Taliban, destruction of infrastructure, and increasing criminality.” According to data provided to the Congressional Research Service (CRS) by DHS on March 7, DHS says the TPS designation will allow some 74,500 Afghans who were residing in the United States as of March 15, 2022, to remain and work legally through Septe