From Fox News: The Department of Homeland Security and Secretary Kristi Noem are ending a 2021 designation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuela, the agency told Fox News Digital on Wednesday.
Under President Biden, two designations of TPS were established for Venezuela. The first was established in 2021, which is being terminated today, and the second in 2023, which the Trump administration terminated on April 7, 2025.
“Given Venezuela’s substantial role in driving irregular migration and the clear magnet effect created by Temporary Protected Status, maintaining or expanding TPS for Venezuelan nationals directly undermines the Trump Administration’s efforts to secure our southern border and manage migration effectively,” a DHS spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
“Weighing public safety, national security, migration factors, immigration policy, economic considerations, and foreign policy, it’s clear that allowing Venezuelan nationals to remain temporarily in the United States is not in America’s best interest,” the spokesperson added.
The report explains that the TPS termination will impact 268,156 Venezuelans currently living in the U.S., who will now no longer be allowed to remain.
Also, 3,738 pending TPS applications and 102,935 pending renewal applications will also be terminated as of Wednesday.
In a press release, DHS announced: “Venezuelan nationals leaving the United States are encouraged to use the U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP Home app to report their departure from the United States and take advantage of a safe, secure way to self-deport that includes a complimentary plane ticket, a $1,000 exit bonus, and potential future opportunities for legal immigration.”
The message was more blunt in a post on X, which reads: “TPS was never meant to be a de facto asylum system, yet that is exactly what the Biden administration turned it into.
“Today, @Sec_Noem is correcting the Biden administration’s decision to turn TPS into a loophole for permanent residence and terminating Venezuela’s Temporary Protected Status. Their free stay in America is over, they must return home immediately.”
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) September 3, 2025
Meanwhile, Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro is fuming after the Trump administration increased naval presence in the region.
On Tuesday, the U.S. military conducted an airstrike on a drug-carrying boat headed for the U.S.
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