WESTON - Venezuelans living in South Florida said they are overwhelmed with fear and uncertainty after President Donald Trump 's decision to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelan migrants, a move that puts approximately 600,000 people at risk of deportation.

The Trump administration is revoking deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the United States, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

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.

A series of immigration executive actions signed by President Donald Trump on the first day of his second term included a call for the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang as a global terrorist organization.

Under Trump's instructions, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted raids in South Florida.

The Biden administration’s 18-month extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans is being revoked by the Trump administration.

Adelys Ferro with the Venezuelan American Caucus says it's upsetting.She says things on the ground there have gone from bad to worse since Nicolas Maduro falsely claimed he won reelection. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirming today she rescinded an 18-month extension of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuela that President Biden issued before leaving office.

In South Florida, Venezuelan recipients of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) say they're shocked President Trump would revoke it given the brutal political and economic conditions that still prevail in Venezuela.

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.

The Trump administration’s decision to revoke the recent extension of Temporary Protected Status granted to Venezuelans by former President Joe Biden could affect hundreds of thousands living and working in the United States,

“I’m incredibly proud to attend President Trump’s inauguration today, and to be joined by Venezuela’s President-elect Edmundo González ,” U.S. Sen. Rick Scott said.

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.