FILE PHOTO: Policemen patrol on a street in Yangon on July 19, 2025, on the 78th Martyrs' Day that marks the anniversary of the assassination of independence leaders, including general Aung San, father of the currently deposed and imprisoned leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Washington said it was removing Myanmar citizens' eligibility, citing "substantial steps toward political stability" that include upcoming elections and this summer's ending of emergency rule. - AFP
YANGON: Myanmar's junta applauded the Trump administration on Wednesday (Nov 26) for halting a scheme that protected its citizens from deportation from the United States back to their war-racked homeland.
Around 4,000 Myanmar citizens are living in the United States with "Temporary Protected Status" (TPS), which shields foreign nationals from deportation to disaster zones and allows them the right to work.
