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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Coral Murphy Marcos

‘Anything for my family’: Venezuelans in US welcome temporary protected status

People trudging along a river bank displaying a Venezuelan flag.
Venezuelans cross into the US from Mexico on Sunday. Photograph: Paula Ramon/AFP/Getty Images

Venezuelan asylum seekers in the United States have welcomed the news of temporary permission to live and work in the country as a vital “helping hand” after the Biden administration announced that it would extend temporary protected status (TPS) to nearly half a million Venezuelan nationals.

The Department of Homeland Security announced that the TPS extension now includes those who arrived in the US by the end of July, whereas the previous cutoff date was 8 March 2021.

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