Donald Trump decided to revoke the extension of migratory relief to Venezuelans in the United States
The United States government has decided revoke an extension of anti-deportation armor that the previous president, Joe Biden, had granted More than 600,000 Venezuelans They were already in this country, confirmed on Wednesday the secretary of the National Security Department, Kristi Noem.
“We have stopped that. Today we sign an executive order in the Department of National Security ”, DHS for its acronym in English, through which the Trump government resolved that “We will not continue with what he did to tie our hands”explained the official in reference to the measure of her predecessor Alejandro Mayorkas.
“It was going to be able to stay here and violate our laws for another 18 months”added about the revoked initiative.
THE MEASURE OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT Cancels the 18 -month extension of the Temporary Protection Statute (TPS) decided on January 10 for more than 600,000 Venezuelanswhich means that They become susceptible to deportation.
The TPS is an aid that is granted to citizens of a certain country that have emigrated to the United States for a natural disaster or an armed conflict so that they can live and work there until the date that the US government considers that they can return safely .
The measure is a blow to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants who believed that they were not only protected from deportation, but also provided work permits at least until October 2026.
The National Security Department (DHS) announced the extension of the TPS to Venezuelans the same day the dictator Nicolás Maduro He took possession for a new mandate before the National Assembly, controlled by Chavismo, in the midst of coup d’etats by the opposition, which states that his candidate, Edmundo González Urrutiawon the July 28 elections.
The DHS justified the extension of the TPS for Venezuelans for “the serious humanitarian emergency that the country continues to face due to political and economic crises under Maduro’s inhuman regime.”
The TPS was extended from April 3, 2025, date on which it should expire, until October 2, 2026, which will allow it to allow Some 600,000 Venezuelans will benefit.
The eligible for this immigration permit are those Venezuelans who arrived in the United States Before July 31, 2023 and that have resided in the country in a way Uninterruptedexcept those that “have been convicted of a serious crime or two minor crimes.”
Trump, who assumed on January 20 the US presidency for the second time, recognizes González, iruts as an elected president of Venezuela, but is embarked on a fight against irregular immigration without distinctions for the nationality of the migrant.
“In the past, (the president, Donald) Trump has put in the sights the immigrants host of the temporal protection status, which helps migrants from some of the most unstable countries in the world,” a migratory relief that for some Republicans “He has moved away much from his original mission to provide temporary refuge in case of conflict or disaster,” he said The New York Times.
During his first government, Trump tried to end the protections for migrants from several countries, including Haiti, El Salvador and Sudan, but federal courts blocked some of those attempts.
(With EFE information)
