The Department of Homeland Security is rescinding recent extensions of migrant protections for roughly 600,000 Venezuelans that would have allowed them to remain in the US with legal work authorization until at least October 2026.
The Biden administration extended a Temporary Protected Status designation for Venezuela—along with Ukraine, El Salvador, and Sudan—in its final week.
The move to rescind the extension was first reported by the New York Times. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed the cancellation in an appearance on Fox News Wednesday morning, saying that the Trump administration wouldn’t follow through on a move to “tie our hands.” She ...