Trump administration ends second layer of temporary protected status for Venezuelan migrants
The Trump administration ended protections for 268,000 Venezuelans under the 2021 TPS program, urging self-deportation with incentives amid ongoing legal challenges and political debate.
- The Trump administration announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status for over 250,000 Venezuelans, stating that conditions no longer meet statutory requirements.
- Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem stated that conditions in Venezuela no longer meet the TPS statutory requirements.
- Critics, including US Representative Maxwell Alejandro Frost, condemned the decision, arguing that it ignores the hardships faced by Venezuelans during a humanitarian crisis.
- An estimated 65% of Venezuelans arrested by ICE had no criminal conviction, contradicting claims of targeting criminals, as analyzed by the Cato Institute.
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Trump Moves to End Temporary Protected Status for Over 250K Venezuelans in US
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… Source
Trump Administration Ends TPS for 250,000 Venezuelan Migrants Amid Escalating US–Venezuela Tensions - Venezuelanalysis
Mexico City, Mexico, September 4, 2025 (venezuelanalysis.com) – The Donald Trump administration announced Wednesday it will end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 250,000 Venezuelan migrants, setting a September 10 deadline for them to leave the United States or face deportation. “Weighing public safety, national security, migration factors, immigration policy, economic considerations, and foreign policy, it’s clear that allowing Ve…
The government of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, decided this Wednesday to revoke the Temporary Protection Status (TPS) granted to Venezuelans in 2021, which leaves a quarter of a million immigrants from that country on the verge of deportation. The Secretary of National Security, Kristi Noem, officially announced that it will not extend the protection granted by the government of President Joe Biden (2021-2025) to about 250,0…
The decision to revoke the TPS was made after the U.S. court will ratify the court ruling that the end of the TPS for nearly 600,000 Venezuelans is illegal.
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