WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Sen. Mark R. Warner issued the following press release:
U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) led their colleagues in urging the Trump administration to extend and redesignate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Sudan as ongoing violence and a worsening humanitarian crisis continue to put citizens at grave risk.
In a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the senators wrote, "After war erupted in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), DHS extended and redesignated Sudan for TPS, citing ongoing armed conflict, widespread violence, severe humanitarian conditions, mass displacement, and serio...