U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem cut the duration of deportation protections for 600,000 Venezuelans in the U.S. as the Trump administration searches for ways to ramp up removals of Venezuelan nationals,
Caracas: The Venezuelan government has expressed its strong rejection of US President Donald Trump's decision to reinclude Cuba in the list of state sponsors of terrorism. "This unfounded and arbitrary measure represents an act of hostility that contradicts the principles of international law and undermines global efforts for peace and cooperation,
More than a million migrants who were allowed to enter the United States during the Biden administration may have their temporary stays revoked and be rapidly deported, according to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement document that became public Friday.
The president sought to end a program that allowed migrants fleeing Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti to fly into the United States and remain in the country for up to two years.
A memo appears to allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to target programs that let in more than a million people.
Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) is urging President Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to spare some migrants from Latin America and the Caribbean from being deported under the new
"Venezuela firmly condemns this unjust act and calls on the ... In the final days of his administration, Joe Biden removed Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, but Trump reversed the decision on his first day in office.
It comes after a harsh crackdown on the country’s gangs by El Salvador President Nayib Bukele. Bukele suspended key constitutional rights in 2022 and arrested 84,000 people, more than 1% of the country’s population. The majority of them remain in prison without being sentenced.
A special envoy is set to meet with President Nicolás Maduro, a shift from the hard-line stance of Trump's first term.
WOLA sat down with Juanita Goebertus Estrada, director of the Americas Division at Human Rights Watch, and Mariano de Alba, an international law specialist. Together, we take stock of the efforts underway to produce a democratic transition and resist the ever-shrinking civic space in Venezuela.
President Donald Trump’s envoy for special missions, Richard Grenell, is expected to meet with Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro on Friday, just before Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a fierce opponent of negotiations with the Venezuelan leader in the past,
Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González is urging the Trump administration to refrain from reaching a deal with Nicolás Maduro, warning that such a scenario could strengthen the authoritarian leader's grip on power.