About the Coalition

The TPS-DED Administrative Advocacy Coalition calls on U.S. administrations to broadly & boldly use blanket protections Temporary Protected Status & Deferred Enforced Departure to safeguard human life, to keep families united, to build a strong U.S. economy and communities, and to promote a U.S. foreign policy rooted in upholding human rights for all.

About

Founded in 2017, and formerly called the TPS Advocacy Working Group, the TPS-DED Administrative Advocacy Coalition advocates for the White House and Department of Homeland Security to designate TPS and DED for all countries where safe return is impossible. In its advocacy, the Coalition makes clear that TPS and DED are vital tools that are readily available to U.S. administrations and can and should be used expansively. In addition to big picture policy around TPS and DED and advocacy for individual countries in need of protection, the Coalition engages with USCIS to address systemic issues surrounding the implementation of TPS and DED decisions.

Steering Committee & Coalition Members

The TPS-DED Administrative Advocacy Coalition is a national coalition of more than 100 organizations with deep expertise in law and policy surrounding TPS and DED, country conditions, foreign policy, and USCIS implementation. TPS-DED AAC member organizations range from community-based organizations directly serving impacted communities in the United States to international NGOs, working in and providing insight from affected countries.

Steering Committee:

  • Adhikaar

  • African Communities Together

  • Alianza Americas

  • American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee

  • American Relief Coalition for Syria

  • Catholic Legal Immigration Network

  • Family Action Network Movement (FANM)

  • Foro Penal

  • Haitian Bridge Alliance

  • UndocuBlack Network

Coalition Members:

  • 32BJ SEIU

  • ACCESS Community

  • ACLU Southern California

  • Adhikaar

  • AFL-CIO

  • African Communities Together

  • African Public Affairs Committee

  • AfriPAC

  • Alianza Americas

  • America’s Voice

  • American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)

  • American Immigration Council

  • American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)

  • American Relief Coalition for Syria

  • American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee

  • Amnesty International USA

  • Anacaona LLC

  • Arab American Association of New York

  • Arab American Institute

  • Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC)

  • Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP)

  • BAJI

  • Brooklyn Defender Services

  • Buen Vecino

  • CARE

  • CARECEN DC

  • CARECEN LA

  • CARECEN SF

  • CASA

  • Catholic Charities – Archdiocese of Boston

  • Catholic Charities US

  • Catholic Legal Immigration Network

  • Catholic Legal Services – Miami

  • Catholic Relief Services

  • Center for American Progress

  • Center for Constitutional Rights

  • Center for Victims of Torture

  • CHIRLA

  • Church World Service

  • Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE)

  • CLINIC

  • Community Change

  • Council on American-Islamic Relations

  • Daily Kos

  • Disciples Home Missions

  • Emgage

  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

  • Faith in Action

  • Faith in Public Life

  • Family Action Network Movement (FANM)

  • Florida Immigrant Coalition

  • Foro Penal

  • FWD.us

  • Haitian Bridge Alliance

  • HIAS

  • Hispanic Federation

  • HK Campaign for Human Rights

  • Human Rights First

  • Human Rights Watch

  • Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project

  • Immigrant Legal Resources Center (ILRC)

  • Immigration Hub

  • Interfaith Worker Justice

  • International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP)

  • International Rescue Committee

  • Just Futures Law

  • Kids in Need of Defense

  • L4GG

  • Latin American Working Group

  • Latino Victory

  • Latinx Immigrants of Iowa

  • Law Offices of Julio Henríquez

  • Lawyers for Good Government

  • Local 1 SEIU

  • Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service

  • Make the Road New York

  • Maryknoll

  • Masa Group

  • Mennonite Central Committee

  • MomsRising

  • Multifaith Alliance

  • NAKASEC

  • National Domestic Workers Alliance

  • National Immigration Law Center (NILC)

  • National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild

  • National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights

  • National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA)

  • NDLON

  • Network Lobby for Catholic Social Justice

  • New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC)

  • Nigerian Center

  • Niskanen Center

  • NP Strategy

  • OneAmerica

  • Open Society Foundation

  • Oxfam America

  • Raben Group

  • RAICES

  • Refugee Council USA

  • Refugees International

  • Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights

  • SEIU

  • Sisters of Mercy

  • Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)

  • Syrian American Council

  • Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS)

  • Tahirih Justice Center

  • The Catholic Labor Network

  • The Resurrection Project

  • The Syria Campaign

  • The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)

  • Ukrainian Community Center of Washington

  • Ukrainian National Women’s League of America (UNWLA)

  • UndocuBlack Network

  • Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)

  • Unite Here

  • United Sikhs

  • Upwardly Global

  • USCRI

  • Venezuelan American Caucus

  • Venezuelans and Immigrants Aid

  • Win Without War

  • WOLA

  • World Relief

  • Yemeni Alliance Committee

  • Yemeni American Merchants Association

  • Yemeniaty