Trump reverses Biden TPS designation for Venezuela – Washington Examiner
The Trump management has revoked deportation protections for approximately 600,000 Venezuelans that had been put in place by the Biden administration shortly before it left office. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem rescinded Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans who entered the U.S. illegally. TPS is granted to citizens of countries facing meaningful hardships, allowing them to stay and work in the U.S. without fear of deportation for a designated period. This decision signals a shift towards a stricter immigration policy, despite the Trump administration’s previous claims of prioritizing the deportation of criminals over others. The Biden administration had extended TPS for Venezuelans, along with citizens from Sudan and Ukraine, just days before Trump’s term began. critics, like Trump, have previously argued against long-term TPS designations, stating that crises in these countries should not persistently justify protections.
Trump administration rescinds Biden protection from deportation for Venezuelans
The Trump administration has rescinded deportation protections that the Biden administration had issued for approximately 600,000 Venezuelans in the United States during its final days in office, according to a copy of the document obtained by the Washington Examiner.
On Tuesday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revoked her predecessor’s decision to renew Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans who illegally entered the U.S.
TPS is a designation made every 18 months by the DHS secretary that determines if a country should be exempt from having its citizens returned because the government is not in a position to accept them due to natural disasters, famine, or war.
In this case, the decision to wipe Venezuela’s TPS status signals that the Trump administration may expect to arrest and remove a large number of Venezuelan citizens despite having said it would prioritize arresting and deporting criminals before general immigration offenders. Criminals are not eligible for TPS protections.
Three days before leaving office, former DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas made the decision to extend protections from deportation for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants from Sudan, Ukraine, and Venezuela.
This means that roughly 600,000 Venezuelans, 103,700 Ukrainians, and 1,900 Sudanese immigrants may apply for TPS protection and obtain work permits while they remain in the country for another 18 months.
The move by the Biden administration undercut the goals of the incoming Trump administration, which had vowed to carry out the largest-ever deportation operation in national history starting Jan. 20.
Congress created TPS in 1990 to help countries that had been seriously harmed. Countries can request TPS from the U.S. government at any time.
Trump criticized his predecessors for renewing TPS for various nations and said crises in those countries that began 20 and 30 years ago could not still affect their ability to take back their citizens.
However, the Trump administration renewed TPS designations for most participating countries in 2019 after it was blocked in court from removing them. In other cases, it continued the years-old program because conditions in those countries had not dramatically improved.
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