Trump revokes temporary protected status for 600,000 Venezuelans
Trump revokes temporary protected status for 600,000 Venezuelans
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New DHS secretary Kristi Noem ends extension that allows people to stay if they cannot return safely to home country. The Trump administration has revoked an extension of deportation protections that the previous Biden administration granted to more than 600,000 Venezuelans already in the United States.
The homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, on Tuesday rescinded an 18-month extension of the temporary protected status (TPS) program, which allows for people to temporarily stay in the US if they cannot return safely to their home country. The federal program is available for people fleeing ongoing armed conflict, environmental disasters, or extraordinary and temporary conditions. The designation gives people the legal authority to be in the country, but does not provide a long-term path to US citizenship.
Former president Joe Biden’s homeland security secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, issued the extension earlier in January before Donald Trump took office, citing “the severe humanitarian emergency the country continues to face due to political and economic crises”.
Noem told Fox News: “Before he left town, Mayorkas signed an order that said for 18 months, they were going to extend protection to people on Temporary Protected Status, which meant they were going to be able to stay here and violate our laws for another 18 months.
