White House allows Yemeni migrants to stay in US​

The White House has said it will allow about 1,250 Yemenis to remain in the US for at least another 18 months because of the ongoing war in their country. The measure, known as Temporary Protected Status (TPS), enables the holders to work while in the US.

However, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen did not redesignate the TPS to include Yemenis who had arrived in the US after early 2017. About 6,000 Syrians were granted a similar TPS extension in January. However, the Trump administration has endedTPS provision for immigrants from El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua and Sudan.

The aid charity Oxfam America said it was disappointed that the Yemen TPS had not been redesignated. It left many Yemenis in the US in "legal limbo", Scott Paul from the NGO said.