New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said she had been pushing for more than a year to get Venezuelans the temporary protective status that allows them to work in the US.
The US Department of Homeland Security cleared the way for more Venezuelan migrants to get work permits Wednesday by expanding Temporary Protected Status to refugee seekers who fled the tumultuous country for the US.
“After my productive conversation with President Biden last night, I’m grateful the federal government has acted so speedily to grant one of our top priorities: providing Temporary Protected Status to Venezuelan asylum seekers and migrants who have already arrived in this country,” she said in a statement.
The temporary protected status prevents the migrants from being removed from the US and allows them to work in the country.Hochul said she pressed Biden for an extension to the temporary protective status of Venezuelan migrants in a conversation with the president Tuesday night.She said she had been pushing for more than a year to get Venezuelans the temporary protective status that allows them to work in the US.
DHS’s expansion of the program grants the status to Venezuelan nationals who were in the US before July 31, 2023. It previously only applied to those who arrived before March 2021.
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