Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced on February 1 that the Donald Trump administration would terminate the 2023 designation of Venezuelans for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), setting April 7 as the end date for those reached by the program. With the decision, nearly 350,000 Venezuelans who obtained work permits through that measure are set to lose the protections and could be deported after. Further hundreds of thousands who got the benefit in 2021 could face the same fate in September.
DHS said the situation in Venezuela has improved as of late, suggesting that conditions for protections are no longer applicable. "There are notable improvements in several areas such as the economy, public health, and crime that allow for these nationals to be safely returned to their home country," says the notice filed in the Federal Register
