In the first week of his mandate, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, decided to revoke an extension of the anti-deportation armor that the previous president, Joe Biden, had granted more than 600,000 Venezuelans who were already in this country.
According to The New York Times, the order was issued by the Secretary of National Security, Kristi Noem, and not yet made public. In the document the extension of 18 months of the Temporary Protection Statute (TPS) Determined on January 10 for more than 600,000 Venezuelans, which means that they become deportation susceptible.
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This TPS is an aid that is granted to citizens of a certain country that have emigrated to the United States for a natural disaster or an armed conflict so that they can live and work here until the date that the US government considers that they can return safely .
In this way, the measure is a blow for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants who believed that they were not only protected from deportation, but also provided them with work permits at least until October 2026.
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The extension of the TPS to Venezuelans had been announced the same day Nicolás Maduro took possession for a new mandate before the National Assembly, Controlled by Chavismo, amid accusations of “coup d’etat” by the opposition, which states that its candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia won the elections of July 28.
The DHS justified the extension of TPS for Venezuelans for “the serious humanitarian emergency that the country continues to face due to political and economic crises under the inhuman regime of Maduro.”
The TPS was extended from April 3, 2025, date on which it should expire, until October 2, 2026, which will allow some 600,000 Venezuelans to be benefited.
Who were the beneficiaries?
The eligible for this immigration permit are those Venezuelans who arrived in the United States before July 31, 2023 and that have resided in the country uninterruptedly, except those that “have been convicted of a serious crime or two minor crimes.”
Trump, who assumed the presidency of the US on January 20 for the second time, recognizes González irutia as elected president of Venezuela, but is embarked on a fight against irregular immigration without distinctions for the nationality of the migrant.
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“In the past, (the president, Donald) Trump has put in the sights the immigrants host of the temporal protection status, which helps migrants from some of the most unstable countries in the world”, a migratory relief that for some Republicans “It has moved away much from its original mission to provide temporary refuge in case of conflict or disaster,” The newspaper points out.
This measure of the Trump government is part of the immigration control he promised in his campaign.
With EFE information
Source: https://www.noticiascaracol.com/mundo/donald-trump-decidio-revocar-la-extension-del-alivio-migratorio-a-venezolanos-en-estados-unidos-rg10
