Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas is implementing employment authorization for certain Lebanese nationals covered by Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for Lebanon through Jan. 25, 2026.

Based on the June 28, 2024, presidential memo, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas is implementing employment authorization through June 30, 2026, for Liberians (and individuals having no nationality who last habitually resided in Liberia) who were already covered under Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for Liberia under the president’s 2022 memorandum.

 ALERT: President Biden issued a Memorandum on Extending Eligibility for Deferred Enforced Departure for Liberians to the secretaries of state and homeland security that defers through June 30, 2026, 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 Deferred Enfo