Overview
- The U.S. Supreme Court authorized immediate cancellation of TPS for Venezuela on October 3, 2025, and the Trump administration formally ended the program in November 2025.
- Applicants who re-registered or received TPS-based approvals between January 17 and February 5, 2025 retain TPS through October 2, 2026.
- Those who only received an automatic work-permit extension during that window have employment authorization through April 2, 2026, which advocacy group ASAP stresses does not protect against detention or removal.
- Following reports of Nicolás Maduro’s capture, South Florida and Chicago leaders urged reinstatement of TPS, while DHS says deportation flights to Venezuela continue and the administration will not reverse the termination.
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem referenced alternative immigration options before DHS clarified there is no automatic asylum pathway, and Deputy Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said Venezuelans formerly on TPS can return home.