Washington – U.S. Department of Homeland Security late Tuesday It was cancelled An extension of temporary protection status for nearly 600,000 Venezuelans, according to unpublished federal register documents obtained by the state newsroom.
New York Times First reported Regarding decision.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Who confirmed that the US Senate will lead its agency on Saturdaycancelled 18 months protection status for temporary protection status. Countries under the TPS are deemed too dangerous to return due to war, disaster, or other unstable conditions.
This means more than 600,000 Venezuelans whose TPS status was updated until October 2026. The final action Former President Joe Biden will reverse the extension. This is when President Donald Trump directed his administration to implement highly publicized immigration enforcement measures in cities across the United States.
The president said that his administration entered the country under various legal channels created under the Biden administration, including the TPS extension for undocumented people and Venezuelans. He said he would be expelled.
According to the document, decisions to cancel updates are immediately effective.
Due to the instability of the Venezuelan government, these citizens have fled to the United States in recent years, with the expansion of the TPS designation in 2021 and the redesignation in 2023, creating two separate filing processes for people in the same country.
Venezuelans who had TPS status in 2023 will be protected until April 2nd, with NOEMs required to protect them until Saturday.
Venezuelan citizens who had TPS status in 2021 will be protected until September 10th, with NOEM taking decisions on renewal of their designations until July 12th.
In the document, NOEM argued that former DHS executive director Alejandro Mayorkas had decided to update Venezuela’s TPS early as a reason to cancel the expansion.
This move could face legal challenges. During the first Trump administration, the DHS tried to end TPS in Haiti, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Sudan, but the court was in We blocked these attempts in 2018.
In a statement, Nevada Democratic Sen. Katherine Cortez Masto argued that DHS does not have legal authority to revoke Venezuela’s TPS expansion.
“The Trump administration has no authority to revoke this TPS extension. It’s cruel, misinformed and illegal,” she said.
Noem pointed out at a confirmation of the hearing that she opposed the Biden administration’s decision to update TPS recipients from Venezuela. She criticized the TPS programme and said those countries should reevaluate their designation.
“This program has been abused and manipulated by the Biden administration, and it is no longer permitted.” Noem said at the confirmation hearing.
Currently there are 17 countries with TPS status. Afghanistan, Burma, Cameroon, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Haiti, Honduras, Lebanon, Nepal, Nicaragua, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Venezuela, and Yemen.
Last updated at 12:35pm, February 4, 2025
