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The US is ending temporary legal status for citizens of Ethiopia<\/a> in the United States, according to a government notice on Friday, as the Trump administration<\/a> continues its crackdown on legal and illegal immigration.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter reviewing country conditions and consulting with appropriate US government agencies, the secretary determined that Ethiopia no longer continues to meet the conditions for the designation for Temporary Protected Status,\u201d homeland security secretary Kristi Noem<\/a> said in a notice posted in the Federal Register.<\/p>\n Temporary protected status<\/a> is available to people whose home country has experienced a natural disaster, armed conflict or other extraordinary event. It provides eligible migrants with work authorization and temporary protection from deportation.<\/p>\n The program was created in 1991, and under Donald Trump\u2019<\/a>s predecessor, Joe Biden, it was extended<\/a> to cover about 600,000 Venezuelans and 521,000 Haitians. Noem reversed<\/a> the extensions in February, saying they were no longer justified.<\/p>\n In recent months, the Trump administration has removed<\/a> the protective status for people from numerous countries, including Haiti<\/a>, Myanmar<\/a>, South Sudan<\/a>, Syria<\/a> and Venezuela<\/a>. In November, the president announced<\/a> the termination of protection for Somalis in Minnesota.<\/p>\n Trump has made controlling immigration a central plank of his second White House term. Canceling TPS protections are a boost to the administration\u2019s campaign<\/a> to deport millions of people. The cancellations have been<\/a> challenged<\/a> in<\/a> court<\/a>.<\/p>\n