"Venezuelans had already been living in a vulnerable situation in recent months. In September 2025, the Department of Homeland Security announced it would end a form of humanitarian aid, terminating the 2021 designation of Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in the United States. Venezuelans were urged to "self-deport." Earlier in 2025, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem had taken steps to end deportation protections for about 300,000 Venezuelans."
"The September termination affected an additional 250,000 Venezuelan immigrants who had arrived in the United States and had enrolled in the 2021 TPS program. "Given Venezuela's significant role in driving irregular migration and the clear pull factor created by Temporary Protected Status, maintaining or expanding Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelan nationals directly undermined the Trump Administration's efforts to secure our southern border and manage migration effectively," a Homeland Security spokesperson said in a statement."
"That decision was followed by the cancellation of yet another program, the humanitarian parole program, that had allowed more than 100,000 Venezuelans to live and work legally in the United States for two years. Temporary Protected Status (TPS) has been used for decades to shield people from deportation who are already living in the United States when their home countries have faced armed conflicts, natural disasters, or unsafe conditions. Families who had built lives in the United States suddenly found themselves destabilized."
Venezuelans in exile face acute uncertainty after changes to U.S. immigration protections. The Department of Homeland Security ended the 2021 Temporary Protected Status designation for Venezuela in September 2025 and urged Venezuelans to "self-deport." Earlier steps by Secretary Kristi Noem aimed to end deportation protections for about 300,000 people, while the September change affected an additional 250,000 TPS enrollees. Officials cited TPS as a pull factor. The administration also canceled a humanitarian parole program that had allowed over 100,000 Venezuelans to live and work in the United States. Families who had built lives became destabilized.
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