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McClatchy Washington Bureau
McClatchy Washington Bureau
National
Alex Daugherty

Special envoy Elliott Abrams says TPS for Venezuelans is 'under review'

WASHINGTON _ Sen. Marco Rubio laid out the scale of Venezuela's migration crisis, Sen. Bob Menendez hammered the Cubans and Russians who are propping up Nicolas Maduro's violent security forces, and USAID director Mark Green acknowledged that U.S.-backed humanitarian aid currently can't get inside Venezuela.

The ongoing crisis in Venezuela that, according to Rubio, has led to 3.4 million Venezuelans leaving the country is on par with those in other countries like El Salvador and Haiti, whose citizens residing in the U.S. received temporary protected status in years past.

But the Trump administration hasn't made a decision on extending the program to Venezuelans.

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