Biden Grants Protections for Venezuelans to Remain in U.S.
Lara Jakes and Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, March 8, 2021
As many as 320,000 Venezuelans living in the United States were given an 18-month reprieve on Monday from the threat of being deported, as the Biden administration sought to highlight how dangerous that country has become under President Nicolás Maduro.
The immigrants also will be allowed to work legally in the United States as part of the temporary protective status the administration issued as it considers the next steps in a yearslong American pressure campaign to force Mr. Maduro from power.
The Biden administration on Monday said it will allow potentially hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans already in the United States to remain in the country due to the humanitarian crisis their country faces.
Biden Grants Protections for Venezuelans to Remain in U.S.
Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans can temporarily continue to live and work in the United States as the administration considers its next steps in the effort to force out Venezuela’s president.
The announcement shows that President Biden will make at least some use of temporary protective status, which his predecessor had sought to strip from hundreds of thousands of immigrants.Credit.Doug Mills/The New York Times
Published March 8, 2021Updated March 10, 2021
WASHINGTON As many as 320,000 Venezuelans living in the United States were given an 18-month reprieve on Monday from the threat of being deported, as the Biden administration sought to highlight how dangerous that country has become under President Nicolás Maduro.
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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.