Trump administration ends second TPS safety for Venezuelans

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FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Homeland Security and Secretary Kristi Noem are ending a 2021 designation of Non permanent Protected Standing (TPS) for Venezuela, the company advised Fox Information Digital on Wednesday.

Beneath President Biden , two designations of TPS have been established for Venezuela. The primary was established in 2021, which is being terminated right this moment, and the second in 2023, which the Trump administration terminated on April 7,2023.

"Given Venezuela’s substantial role in driving irregular migration and the clear magnet impact created by Non permanent Protected Standing, sustaining or increasing TPS for Venezuelan nationals immediately undermines the Trump Administration’s efforts to safe our southern border and handle migration successfully," a DHS spokesperson advised Fox Information Digital.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is rolling again former President Biden's TPS for Venezuelan migrants. (Getty)

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"Weighing public security, nationwide safety, migration components, immigration coverage, financial concerns, and overseas coverage, it’s clear that permitting Venezuelan nationals to stay quickly in the US isn't in America’s greatest curiosity," the spokesperson added.

With the termination of the 2021 TPS designation, 268,156 Venezuelan nationals presently within the U.S. will lose their standing and can now not be legally allowed to reside in the US, in keeping with figures shared by Fox Information Digital from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Providers (USCIS).

3,738 pending preliminary functions to be eligible for TPS and 102,935 pending renewal functions may also be terminated as of right this moment.

Migrants line up outdoors a migrant re-ticketing heart at St. Brigid College on E. seventh St. Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, in Manhattan, New York Metropolis. (Barry Williams/New York Day by day Information/Tribune Information Service by way of Getty Photos)

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USCIS recommends these now not protected by TPS use the CBP House Cellular App to facilitate leaving the U.S.

The TPS designation will expire September 10, 2025, and termination can be efficient 60 days after the publication of the Federal Register discover.

After the April termination of the 2023 TPS designation, roughly 348,000 Venezuelan nationals misplaced their protected standing and have been required to make preparations to go away the U.S.

17 members of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang and members of the MS-13 gang, who have been deported to El Salvador by the US in San Salvador, El Salvador on March 31, 2025. (El Salvador Press Presidency Workplace/Anadolu by way of Getty Photos)

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The transfer comes after Fox News Digital reported that the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) discovered that some Venezuelan officers "possible facilitate" migration for members of the violent, legal Tren De Aragua gang from the South American nation to the U.S.

On Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro accused President Donald Trump and the U.S. of "in search of a regime change via navy menace," after the Trump administration elevated naval presence within the area.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and President Donald Trump (Getty Photos)

"Venezuela is confronting the most important menace that has been seen on our continent within the final 100 years," Maduro advised journalists. "A state of affairs like this has by no means been seen."

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On Wednesday, Division of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth revealed to "Fox & Pals" that the U.S. had efficiently carried out a navy strike within the Caribbean that destroyed a Venezuelan drug boat and killed 11 alleged Tren De Aragua narco-terrorists.

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