Overview
- DHS says Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans remains ended, with senior officials indicating no plan to restore it after Maduro’s capture.
- Following Secretary Kristi Noem’s TV remarks about refugee options, the department clarified that refugee applications must be filed from abroad as USCIS keeps a pause on asylum decisions.
- Deportation operations continue, with DHS confirming flights were not suspended and the administration invoking the Alien Enemies Act in court filings to justify removals.
- Advocates and local officials, including in Miami and Chicago, call for reinstating TPS and halting deportations, citing ongoing instability and risks in Venezuela.
- Hundreds of thousands who relied on TPS or prior parole programs face few viable legal pathways because of administrative freezes, travel restrictions, and backlogs.