Of all the countries on the African continent, only one currently protects its nationals from deportation in the United States: Sudan. That protection, known as Temporary Protected Status (TPS), means Sudanese nationals living in the US cannot be removed from the country and retain full authorisation to work — for now.
TPS is a humanitarian instrument the US extends to nationals of countries gripped by armed conflict, environmental catastrophe or other extraordinary conditions that make return genuinely dangerous. Sudan qualifies squarely on those grounds: the civil war that erupted in April 2023 has displaced millions and shows no credible sign of resolution.
The re-registration window for the most recent TPS cycle ran from 17 January 2025 to 18 March 2025. Sudanese nationals who missed that window face an uncertain position, and the USCIS advisory that a further announcement is coming offers little comfort to those in legal limbo. The broader direction of US immigration policy under the current administration has been firmly restrictive, and Sudan’s continued TPS coverage should not be read as a shift in that posture — it reflects the severity of conditions on the ground in Khartoum and beyond, not a change of political heart in Washington.