Overview
- USCIS warned current Venezuelan TPS holders that those without another legal basis to remain should prepare to return to Venezuela, and their work authorization has ended.
- Roughly 605,000 people were covered through March 2025, with concentrated impacts reported in Florida and Texas as layoffs, lost income and document invalidations ripple through communities.
- In Doral and greater Miami‑Dade, business owners report fewer customers and staff departures, rents are falling as units empty, and school officials say about 14,000 students did not return this year.
- Local reports cite about 230,000 Venezuelans in Florida and roughly 122,000 in Texas affected, with advocates warning that people without other status could face detention and deportation by ICE.
- Immigration lawyers say options like asylum, family petitions or U visas remain case‑specific and backlogged, and note that some 2023 registrants who filed TPS renewals before Feb. 5, 2025 report temporary extensions into next year per attorney guidance.