The Trump administration has revoked an extension of deportation protections granted by the Biden administration to over 600,000 Venezuelans residing in the United States. The decision, announced by South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, who now oversees the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), effectively reverts the TPS status back to its original expiration date of April 2025. This move raises concerns about the future of these Venezuelan immigrants and the impact on their families and communities.
The Trump administration has revoked an extension of deportation protections that the Biden administration granted to more than 600,000 Venezuela ns already in the United States. South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, who is now overseeing the Department of Homeland Security ( DHS ), said she reversed the decision made by her predecessor, Alejandro Mayorkas, in the waning days of the Biden administration that extended the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months.
\TPS is a temporary immigration status available to people whose home country has experienced a natural disaster, armed conflict or other extraordinary event. The six-page notice from the DHS says that the decision from the Trump administration restores the status quo preceding the Biden administration decision to extend protections for Venezuelans until October 2026. Now the TPS expiration immediately goes back to the original date of April 2025. \ Noem said, “Before he left town, Mayorkas signed an order that said for 18 months they were going to extend this protection to people that are on temporary protected status, which meant that they were going to be able to stay here and violate our laws for another 18 months,” Noem said. “We stopped that.” Noem did not say what would happen to other TPS recipients, like those from El Salvador, Ukraine, and Sudan, whose protections were also extended by the Biden administration. The DHS notice only refers to Venezuelans. Reports indicate that Noem’s rollback of the extension requires her to decide what to do with protections expiring in April by Saturday or have them automatically renew for six months. Venezuelans who had the protection could now be subject to removal from the country, though the U.S. doesn’t have diplomatic relations with Venezuela, limiting deportation options. \About 1 million immigrants from 17 countries are protected by TPS, including people from Venezuela, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Afghanistan, Sudan, Ukraine and Lebanon.
TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS TPS IMMIGRATION VENEZUELA TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DEPORTATION DHS SOUTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR KRISTI NOEM
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