Overview
- Protections tied to Venezuela’s TPS designation expired November 7–8 after an October 3 Supreme Court decision cleared DHS, under President Donald Trump, to terminate the program.
- Roughly 605,015 Venezuelans had TPS across the 2021 designation and the 2023 redesignation, leaving many newly exposed to detention and deportation unless they qualify under another pathway.
- USCIS warned beneficiaries lacking another legal basis to remain to prepare to leave, as work authorization and documents tied to TPS, such as some driver’s licenses, are no longer valid.
- Those with pending asylum claims, family petitions or residency processes are not automatically removable while their cases proceed, though long backlogs and higher adjudication standards add uncertainty.
- Local impacts are surfacing in South Florida, with business slowdowns, layoffs, falling rents and a reported 14,000-student drop in Miami‑Dade Public Schools enrollment, as some residents depart or consider relocating.