Trump administration ends 2021 Venezuela temporary protected status

 


WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday moved to end a Biden-era designation of Venezuela for temporary protected status.

The department said Venezuela no longer met the temporary protected status statutory requirements.

“Weighing public safety, national security, migration factors, immigration policy, economic considerations, and foreign policy, it’s clear that allowing Venezuelan nationals to remain temporarily in the United States is not in America’s best interest," a DHS spokesperson said in a statement.

(Reporting by Jasper Ward)