Living in limbo may end for Liberians in the U.S.

"There is a bright light in America’s very dark sky," writes LBJ's Ruth Wasem in The Hill. "Despite a highly partisan Congress struggling to enact legislation and a president erupting in xenophobic tweets, a positive immigration provision became manifest during the holiday season. Nestled in the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020 that President Trump signed Dec. 20, 2019, is the Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act (section 7611). For the first time in over 20 years, foreign nationals from a country who had been given blanket relief from removal for humanitarian reasons now have the statutory authority to become lawful permanent residents (LPRs).