WASHINGTON – The US Department of Homeland Security will not renew temporary protections for more than 350,000 Venezuelans who were granted protection for those in 2023.
With notificationDHS Secretary Kristi Noem revokes one of two temporary protected status designations for Venezuelans and renews the TPS of the 2023 Venezuelan winners “contrary to the US national interests.” “I insisted. She cites gang activities as one factor in their decisions.
These 2023 TPS holders will provide work permits and deportation protections until April.
President Donald Trump has strengthened immigration enforcement and signed Notes to open 30,000 beds for immigration detention Guantanamo Bay at military base.
on sunday, NBC’s “Meet the Press“If immigrant women, children and families lacking legal status are held in Guantanamo Bay, Noem will not answer questions from host Kristen Welker.
“You know, seeing what we’re doing today that we’re targeting the worst and worst, we were very clear about it,” Noem said. “The president’s priorities are to chase after criminal foreigners who make our streets even more dangerous.”
Legal Pathways Limited
The Trump administration has ended humanitarian parole for asylum seekers and other programs that allow or protect U.S. sponsors from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to protect its citizens from Venezuela. It cut down the legal immigration routes created under the Biden administration. I passed the background check.
Last week, NOEM cancelled the Venezuelans’ 18-month TPS expansion. The expansion under the Biden administration provided protection until October 2026.
Highly likely to be litigated
The lawsuit could follow Monday’s announcement, as Trump ended TPS designations for Haiti, El Salvador, Sudan and Nicaragua in 2018, but was blocked by the court.
Countries will receive TPS designation if the citizens think it is too dangerous to return home due to war, disaster or other unstable circumstances, not in the “national interest” reasons.
“In particular, the Secretary has determined that it would be against the national interest to allow eligible Venezuelan citizens to stay in the United States for a moment,” the notice said.
Noem said Venezuela’s TPS designation “substantiated the relevant difficulties in local communities where local resources were inadequate to meet the demands caused by the increase in numbers.”
She also claimed that led to the arrival of a Venezuelan gang called Tren de Aragua, or TDA.
The same reasoning can be used to justify the termination of the TPS of the second group of Venezuelans.
Two groups
There are two categories of TPS recipients in Venezuela: Since 2021, approximately 250,000 Venezuelans have suffered from TP, and another 350,000 have had TP since 2023.
These 2021 recipients will have TPS protection until September 10th. NOEM will need to decide until July 12th whether to renew the protection.
TPS is usually a limited time of around 18 months, allowing citizens of that country to work, live in the United States and be protected from deportation procedures.
TPS is not a legal route to citizenship, but if you are eligible while retaining TPS status, the recipient can apply for asylum.
“The move is not only about the conditions of the country, but also about how the Trump administration defines the interests of its citizens, and whether their designation is now safe now. I think it will raise questions about it,” Julia Gerratt said. Associate Director of the U.S. Immigration Policy Program at the Institute for Immigration Policy, a think tank studying immigration.
Trump previously protected Venezuelans
On Trump’s final day in 2021, his administration cited the country’s unstable government under President Nicolas Maduro for 18 months abroad for Venezuelans known as a postponed enforcement departure Exile protection has been issued.
“Through force and fraud, the Maduro regime is responsible for the worst humanitarian crisis in recent memory in the Western Hemisphere.” According to the notes from January 19, 2021. “The catastrophic economic crisis and the lack of basic goods and medicine have forced around five million Venezuelans to flee the country, often under dangerous conditions.”
Following the Trump administration’s 18-month DED designation, the Biden administration issued a Venezuela TPS designation.
Noem criticized the Biden administration for renewing the TPS designation for Venezuelans and has pledged to review the designation of 17 countries that hold the position.
“This program has been abused and manipulated by the Biden administration, and it is no longer permitted.” Noem said at the confirmation hearing.
She made a similar statement in an interview with NBC on Sunday.
“The (TPS) program has been abused and there is no integrity now,” Noem says. “And the people of Venezuelan who came to this country are members of the TDA.”
All TPS recipients (approximately 1 million) undergo security screening and background checks in the application.
“This administration will evaluate all of our programs and make sure they are not in the interests of criminals, in order to truly confirm that they are in the interests of the US,” Noem said. I said.
The 17 countries with TPS status include Afghanistan, Burma, Cameroon, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Haiti, Honduras, Lebanon, Nepal, Nicaragua, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Venezuela and Yemen.
Last updated at 12:34pm, February 4, 2025
