New designation for Venezuela would make close to 500,000 people, many in NYC, newly eligible for TPS
The White House announced late Wednesday that it will extend temporary protection status to about 472,000 migrants from Venezuela, including more than 60,000 in New York City who have been waiting for the legal right to work. | John Minchillo/AP PhotoNEW YORK — The Biden administration on Wednesday expanded temporary protected status for Venezuela, making close to 500,000 newcomers freshly eligible to apply for work permits.
The move has been urged by local leaders across the country as a way to make the migrants eligible to legally work. In New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams have been pressing the White House to expand the status to migrants who came to the state from troubled countries. Business groups and immigration advocates have joined state and city officials to demand that Biden expand TPS, saying that getting migrants to work would allow them to move out of shelters and start their lives anew.
TPS is reserved for individuals who cannot return safely to their home country for fear of armed conflict, natural disasters or other extraordinary conditions., both New York Democrats, said the decision will aid New York’s strained system, which has been overwhelmed by the surge of more than 100,000 migrants and has led to tent shelters across the city.
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