The administration of Donald Trump, in a surprising turn and has shocked Venezuelan exile, has retired the residence and work permit to 600,000 emigrants, which as of September will have to have returned to their country.
The most striking is … That the final decision of the Secretary of National Security, Kristi Noem, whose decision will be published in the Official Gazette in April, affirms that the reason is that in Venezuela «there are significant improvements in several areas, such as economy, public health and Criminality, which allow these nationals to be safely returned to their country of origin ».
Nicolás Maduro was perpetuated in power after irregular elections in July and the United States government itself, with Joe Biden in front, told the opponent of Chavismo Edmundo González Urrutia as winner. This was even seen with drums in the oval office in January.
What Trump has terminated is the so -called temporary protection status (TPS), which Venezuelans enjoyed since March 2021 due to the repression of the regime, responsible for atrocities such as torture and summary executions, according to international organizations.
More than 600,000 Venezuelans have obtained protection in the United States under Biden thanks to this program. In January 2025, the then Secretary of National Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, extended the program until October 2, 2026. However, on January 29 of this year, the new head of the portfolio, Noem, announced a review.
It remained to know if this termination of residence permits was going to be conditional, but in the end it has no nuance. As Noem said, everyone will become undocumented and, therefore, everyone must return to their country.
The permission will not be renewed in April for those who obtained it in 2023, and in September for those who benefited from 2021.
On Friday, Trump sent Caracas to Ric Grenell, his advisor for special operations, who returned to the United States with six of the 12 Americans arrested there. Upon his return, he said that Maduro will accept the repatriated and even facilitate airplanes to transport them.
Many of the escapes of Venezuela are not only because of the loud or medicines, but also for political repression and violence.
The so -called temporary protection status was created by Congress in 1990 to avoid deportation of people whose countries face natural disasters or civil conflicts, giving them authorization to work in periods of up to 18 months. Currently, around a million immigrants from 17 countries are protected by this program.
The Secretary of National Security justified the revocation of the TPS for Venezuela citing the impact of migration on local communities and mentioning the presence of members of the Criminal Band of Aragua’s train among migrants arriving in the United States.
Since 2013, when Maduro assumed power and the economic crisis, more than 7.7 million Venezuelans have abandoned their country. The majority settled in Latin America and the Caribbean, but after the pandemic, many have tried to reach the United States.
While this temporary permit allows beneficiaries to reside legally in the country, it does not offer a path to citizens, which leaves them dependent on periodic renewals by the government. The critical republicans of the program argue that, over time, these renovations become automatic without considering the real conditions in countries of origin.
Unlike his first term, Trump has refused to openly ask for Maduro’s march and has only advanced that the United States will stop buying Venezuelan crude.
Several Senators and Republican deputies of Florida had asked the president not to rescind the stay of stay of these Venezuelans, after being so critical of the dictatorship in his first mandate. Trump ignored them.
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