The Biden-Harris Department of Homeland Security will grant Lebanese nationals currently in the U.S. temporary protected status to remain in the country amid the escalation in violence in the Middle East.

Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based terror group backed by Iran, has been launching attacks on Israel since the Hamas-led incursion into the Jewish state last year that left 1,200 dead and more than 200 taken back to Gaza as hostages.

“The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is announcing new actions to provide temporary immigration reprieve to eligible Lebanese nationals currently in the United States and allowing them the opportunity to request work authorization,” DHS said Thursday in a press release.

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