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.
The newly confirmed DHS secretary slammed her predecessor Alejandro Mayorkas for tying the Trump administration’s hands.
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has announced a cancelation of Biden-era protections for Venezuelan migrants as the administration ramps up deportations.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security late Tuesday revoked an extension of temporary protective status for nearly 600,000 Venezuelans, according to an unpublished Federal Register document obtained by States Newsroom.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has revoked an 18-month extension of temporary protected status for an estimated 600,000 Venezuelan migrants in the United States.
Three Republican congressional members from South Florida pledged Wednesday to "do everything possible" to protect Venezuelans who were granted temporary U.S. residency under the former Biden administration.
The acting head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is allowing immigration enforcement agents to swiftly deport those who came to the U.S. under multiple pathways established under the Biden administration.
The decision could strip 600,000 Venezuelans of deportation protections and leave many Venezuelans in Houston vulnerable to immigration enforcement.
The new Homeland Security secretary undid the Biden administration's extension of Temporary Protected Status on Wednesday.
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,
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.