"As tensions between the US and Venezuela were inflamed Wednesday by the Trump administration's deadly attack on a boat off the coast of the South American country, the Department of Homeland Security announced it was ending legal protections for more than a quarter of a million Venezuelans who President Donald Trump had previously shielded from deportation. US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) declared that allowing Venezuelan nationals to remain in the US with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) was "not in America's best interests,""
"The administration had weighed "public safety, national security, migration factors, immigration policy, economic considerations, and foreign policy," spokesperson Matthew Tragesser said, and urged Venezuelan migrants to "self-deport." USCIS also said that "conditions in Venezuela no longer meet the TPS statutory requirements." More than 250,000 Venezuelans who were granted TPS in 2021 have faced a September 10 expiration date on their status, but the Trump administration had the option to renew their status."
The Department of Homeland Security terminated Temporary Protected Status for more than 250,000 Venezuelans who had been shielded from deportation. USCIS stated that allowing Venezuelan nationals to remain under TPS was not in America's best interests and cited evaluations of public safety, national security, migration, immigration policy, economic factors, and foreign policy. USCIS urged Venezuelan migrants to self-deport and said conditions in Venezuela no longer meet TPS statutory requirements. More than 250,000 beneficiaries face a September 10 expiration, while a separate group of 350,000 had their TPS revoked after a Supreme Court decision. Venezuela continues to confront severe economic crises, including an economic emergency declared by Nicolás Maduro.
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