Washington – The Trump administration is reversing the administration decision Biden to extend the Temporary Protected State Program for Venezuelans In the United States, throwing a cloud of uncertainty about the hundreds of thousands of migrants registered in politics, according to a National Security Department notice obtained by CBS News.
Under the move, some Venezuelan migrants with TPS could lose their ability to live and work in the United States legally as soon as this spring. Migrants whose TPS failures could face deportation by the application of immigration and customs, or ICE, which the Trump administration has accused of carrying out the greatest deportation effort in the history of the United States.
National Security Secretary Kristi Noem revoked An order issued earlier this month by its predecessor, Alejandro Mayorkas, which would have extended the Venezuela TPS program for 18 months, until October 2026. TPS allows migrants from countries harassed by war, environmental disasters and other crises to work and live in the United States. A temporary base.
The Biden administration made two TPS designations for Venezuelans, one in 2021 and the other in 2023, citing the country’s economic collapse under the repressive government of President Nicolas Maduro.
The Trump administration decision means that Venezuelans who requested TPS under the designation of 2021 may maintain their work permits and deportation protections until September. Those who requested under the designation of 2023 will continue to have TPS in early April.
Noem has until Saturday, February 1 to decide whether to finish or extend the 2023 designation, which means that another announcement could soon occur. If a formal decision is not made by then, the designation will extend automatically for six months.
Approximately 600,000 Venezuelans have protected status, which makes the Venezuela TPS program the largest of its kind, according to DHS figures. Venezuelans constituted a significant portion of migrants Crossing the southern border of the United States illegally during the wave of historical migration there in the early years of the Biden Administration.
While hundreds of thousands have arrived in the United States, millions of other Venezuelans have established themselves in countries such as Colombia. In total, almost 8 million Venezuelans have fled from their homeland in recent years, according to United Nations Figures.
Noem announced its movement to climb the Venezuela TPS program on Fox News on Wednesday morning, after the New York Times reported it Tuesday night.
The Biden administration used TPS at an unprecedented scale, causing hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees from countries affected by the crisis such as Afghanistan, Cameroon, Haiti and Ukraine are eligible for status.
It is likely that some of these programs are scaled by Trump administration officials, who argue that TPS designations have extended too often, despite the temporal nature of the policy.
Camilo Montoya-Galvez
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