Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Wednesday that the Trump administration has rescinded an extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for approximately 600,000 Venezuelans. The extension, granted by former DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in the Biden administration’s final days, would have allowed them to stay until October 2026. Instead, their TPS now expires in April 2025.
Noem, speaking on Fox and Friends, criticized the extension, stating, “We stopped that.” The DHS notice said the decision restores the pre-Biden policy. The administration has not addressed whether protections for other groups, including 230,000 Salvadorans and 103,000 Ukrainians, will also be revoked.
Venezuelans with TPS could now face removal, though the U.S. lacks diplomatic relations with Venezuela, complicating deportations. TPS, created in 1990, protects about 1 million immigrants from 17 countries. Trump previously sought to limit TPS and could terminate extensions early.
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