Guaidó's envoy meets with Democrats behind Venezuelans’ Temporary Protected Status
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Tuesday is the first of 180 days that Venezuelans in South Florida will be able to apply for the new Temporary Protected Status, which also allows applications for a work permit and travel authorization.
The benefit comes about a month after former President Donald Trump’s administration granted Deferred Enforced Departure for some Venezuelans.
Carlos Vecchio has been the Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó’s envoy in Washington, D.C., since 2019. He said the TPS is clear evidence that Biden stands against the dictatorship in Venezuela.
“We are not here because we want [to be.] We are here because we have been forced to leave ... We are running away from hunger, violence, political persecution,” said Vecchio, who moved to the U.S. in 2014.