DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said her predecessor should not have extended protections that were set to expire during Trump’s administration and vowed to make her own decision.

A major shift in U.S. immigration policy is leaving thousands of Venezuelans uncertain about their future. The Trump administration has revoked the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) extension that previously allowed them to stay and work legally in the U.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the Trump administration has revoked a decision from the waning days of the Biden administration that would have protected roughly 600,000 people from Venezuela from deportation.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem cut the duration of deportation protections for 600,000 Venezuelans in the U.S. as the Trump administration searches for ways to ramp up removals of Venezuelan nationals,

The Trump administration plans to rescind the TPS, or Temporary Protected Status, designation for Venezuelans.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security revoked an extension of temporary protective status, or TPS, for nearly 600,000 Venezuelans.