Approximately 350,000 Venezuela nationals under United States Temporary Protected Status now face deportation after the Trump administration declared their benefits will expire in 60 days. Secured by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem this decision will begin on April 5 2025 because Venezuela now experiences better living conditions according to official statements.
The 1990-established TPS program protects people from countries dealing with disasters and civil unrest. Americans holding TPS status received protection because they suffered from an economic and political crisis under President Nicolás Maduro. For Noem the program was being improperly utilized by people lacking lawful immigration routes who subsequently settled in the United States thus causing “associated difficulties in local communities.”
This policy fits into the Trump administration’s ambitious plan to conduct America’s biggest mass deportation program. The critics of TPS termination maintain that Venezuela’s ongoing political turbulence should be considered and immigrants face uncertain status as a result of this termination. Groups that support immigration defeated previous federal attempts to remove TPS designation from different nationalities. 
Six American prisoners obtained freedom after Trump’s envoy Richard Grenell met with Maduro in an unrelated event. The United States president claimed Venezuela had consented to receive its deported citizens yet Venezuelan authorities have not officially approved this agreement. The recent determination from the administration faces fierce criticism because critics say officials value deportation above caring for human needs.
