Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noe reverses Biden administration policy that granted relief to immigrants fleeing crises - Anadolu Ajansı

The Trump administration Wednesday cut back deportation protections given to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans handed out by President Joe Biden just days before he left office. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revoked an 18-month extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) granted to roughly 600,

Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) Under the Trump Administration 2.0 President Trump has ordered a review of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations made under the Biden administration.

Biden and his aides have spent their final days in office announcing dozens of moves — on topics from immigration to offshore drilling — aimed at tying up President-elect Donald

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.

Some 600,000 Venezuelans protected from deportation in the closing days of the Biden administration now face an uncertain future.

Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for Venezuelans was to continue through October 2026 but will now end in September of this year.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday that the Trump administration has revoked a decision that would have protected roughly 600,000 people from Venezuela from deportation, putting some of them at risk of being removed from the country in about two months.

US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she had revoked an extension of Temporary Protected Status for some 600,000 Venezuelans. Former President Joe Biden's administration had extended deportation relief.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced an executive order to stop the 18-month extension approved by former Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

United States President Donald Trump's administration has revoked an extension of 'temporary protected status' (TPS) for more than 600,000 Venezuelans that allowed them to remain in the US, the New York Times reported on Tuesday,