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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ed Pilkington

Trump revokes deportation protections for 300,000 Venezuelans in US – report

People on a bus
Immigrants, mostly Venezuelans, are transported from Mexico's National Institute of Migration (INM) after being expelled from the US through the border crossing in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, on 24 January. Photograph: José Luis González/Reuters

The Trump administration has stepped up its attack on Venezuelans living in the US under temporary deportation protections, revoking the right to stay of more than 300,000 people.

The move, first reported by the New York Times, comes as a one-two punch for Venezuelans who were already reeling from last week’s decision to rescind an 18-month extension of temporary protected status (TPS) that had been introduced in the final days of the outgoing Biden administration. Reversing the extension was a blow that affected more than 600,000 Venezuelans living in the US.

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