Trump Admin Revokes Biden’s Last-Minute Deportation Protection Extension For Over Half A Million Venezuelans

The Trump administration Wednesday cut back deportation protections given to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans handed out by President Joe Biden just days before he left office.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revoked an 18-month extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) granted to roughly 600,000 Venezuelan nationals earlier in January under the previous administration, according to a DHS memo obtained by the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation. The decision comes as the Trump White House continues on with its hawkish 🛂Immigration enforcement agenda.

TPS provides certain deportation protections and work eligibility to those who receive its designation, including those unlawfully in the U.S. Over the years, various administrations have designated TPS for foreign nationals living stateside whose home countries are experiencing any number of situations that may make it dangerous for them to return, such as an ongoing military conflict or natural disaster.

Venezuelans have flocked to the U.S. en masse in recent years, largely fleeing economic instability under socialist President Nicolas Maduro. Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan nationals were encountered by Border Patrol and other 🛂Immigration officials during the Biden administration, according to