The Department of Homeland Security said more than 100,000 people from Ukraine and Sudan can stay in the United States.

They do not have to leave right now.

Their right to stay was going to end on Monday.

Temporary Protected Status was going to end on Oct. 19.

This was for about 101,000 Ukrainians and 1,800 Sudanese.

DHS said it "will be made at the appropriate time" about an announcement.

Until then, it said in a written statement, Ukrainians and Sudanese covered by these measures "retain protection."

The department did not say how long they could stay.

It did not say when a final decision would come.

It did not answer if they can keep their work permits.

But TPS usually lets people work while their protection continues.

This is another case where the Trump administration has let people with temporary status stay.

But it did not say for how long.

The administration has already ended TPS for more than 1 million people from 13 countries.

These include Venezuela, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Afghanistan and Syria.

About a month ago, it kept protection for nearly 200,000 Salvadorans.

Their TPS was going to end on Sept. 9.

It made the same promise of a decision at the appropriate time.

Activists and a group of lawmakers from both parties have raised alarm about the deadline for Ukrainians.

They say it is still not safe for them to go home because of the war with Russia.

Ukraine was first given TPS in April 2022, after Russia's full-scale invasion.

The Biden administration extended it, most recently in January 2025.

This gave 18 more months of protection, through October 2026.

Sudan's TPS program started in 1997.

It has been extended by several administrations because of armed conflict and political problems.

The decision comes two weeks before the Nov. 3 midterm elections.

Congress created TPS in 1990.

It was made to stop deportations to countries with natural disasters or civil strife.

It lets people already in the country stay and work, for periods that can be renewed.

But it does not give them a way to become permanent residents.

Federal rules say TPS is automatically extended for six months.

This happens if the secretary does not decide at least 60 days before the designation ends.

Myal Greene is president and CEO of World Relief.

He said he was grateful for an extension for TPS holders from Ukraine and Sudan, even a temporary one.

He encouraged the administration and Congress to think about longer-term help.

Krish O'Mara Vignarajah is president and CEO of Global Refuge.

She said Ukraine and Sudan are not safe.

She said they meet the legal conditions for TPS to be extended.

She said it is not safe for these families to go home.