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DHS Announces End of TPS Designations for Nicaragua and Honduras
On July 7, 2025, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced that TPS designations for Nicaragua and Honduras will not be extended. TPS designations for both countries expired on July 5, 2025. The 60-day transition period will start on July 8, 2025. Work authorization documents based upon TPS designation for Nicaragua and Honduras will remain valid during...
USTR Launches Section 301 Investigation of Nicaragua’s Labor and Human Rights Practices
On December 10, 2024, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) initiated an investigation of Nicaragua’s acts, policies, and practices related to labor rights, human rights, and the rule of law. The investigation will be conducted under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. This is the first investigation that USTR has...
U.S. Launches 301 Investigation into Nicaragua’s Labor and Human Rights Practices
On Friday, December 13, 2024, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced that it has initiated an investigation into Nicaragua’s acts, policies, and practices related to labor rights, human rights, and the rule of law under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. This investigation marks a historic first under Section 301, focusing on...
BIS and DDTC Amendments Add Nicaragua to EAR Country Group D and ITAR § 126.1
On March 15, 2024, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to implement new restrictions on trade with Nicaragua. BIS’s amendments moved Nicaragua from Country Group B to Country Group D, applying a...
FDA sends warnings to international companies for seafood violations
As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are not issued until a company...
Crisis Prompts Record Emigration from Nicaragua
  Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Rapid emigration from Nicaragua has become a challenge for countries across the Americas. Hundreds of thousands of Nicaraguans have fled, primarily heading to Costa Rica or the U.S. border.  The exodus has been driven by the increasing authoritarianism of President Daniel Ortega. Get a broader perspective with this Migration Policy...
TPS for Nicaraguans
Hundreds of Faith, Service, and Immigration Organizations Urge the Biden Administration to Redesignate Temporary Protected Status for Nicaragua   MIAMI, FL- Today, the Florida Immigrant Coalition, along with American Friends Service Committee, released a letter signed by 270 other religious, service, and immigration organizations from across the United States urging the Biden administration to redesignate Temporary...
US Government Imposes New Sanctions and Visa Restrictions on Nicaragua
On October 24, the White House announced that President Biden signed Executive Order (EO) 14088 (amending EO 13851) which substantially expands the Nicaragua sanctions program with sectoral sanctions authorities, exposing individuals and entities operating in identified sectors to blocking sanctions. Specifically, the amended EO identifies the gold sector, which affects about $900 million of exports,...
FDA sends warnings to seafood facilities citing violations of seafood regulations
As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are not issued until a company...
Warning letters sent to food firms in Nicaragua, Pakistan and Iceland for seafood violations
As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are not issued until a company...