Biden Extends Deferred Enforced Departure for Liberians Living in the United States
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
 President Biden | President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., today directed his Administration to reinstate Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for Liberians living in the United States. Today's order was one of six migration-related first-day actions taken by the new president. This particular one is embodied in a Presidential Memorandum to the Secretary of State and Secretary of Homeland Security. It must be implemented by an order published in the Federal Register, a step that is expected to be completed next week. |
In the Memorandum, President Biden asserts, "I have determined that it is in the foreign policy interests of the United States to defer through June 30, 2022, the removal of any Liberian national, or person without nationality who last habitually resided in Liberia, who is present in the United States and who was under a grant of DED as of January 10, 2021. I have also determined that any Liberian national, or person without nationality who last habitually resided in Liberia, who is present in the United States and who was under a grant of DED as of January 10, 2021, should have continued employment authorization through June 30, 2022. "
The Deferred Enforced Departure program covers around 4,000 Liberians who have lived in the U.S. for many years and for whom returning would be unsafe due to conditions in their country. President Trump declined to renew Liberian DED.
The Deferred Enforced Departure program covers around 4,000 Liberians who have lived in the U.S. for many years and for whom returning would be unsafe due to conditions in their country. President Trump declined to renew Liberian DED.
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