A law that has been more than a decade in the making finally made it through Congress at the end of 2019. Section 7611 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 included a long-awaited form of relief unique to Liberians. The section, identified as Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness, addresses the needs of Liberians who have been caught in the vicious cycle of TPS and Liberian DED for the last twenty years. It is a one-time reprieve that addresses the long-suffering Liberian community.
Notably, the provision does not require that the qualifying Liberian ever...
