Around 350,000 Venezuelas in the U.S. will lose their Temporary Protected Status, but what is it? And why are they losing it?

Venezuelan migrants, who were hoping to reach the U.S. and decided to return to their country due to U.S. President Donald Trump's new immigration policies, walk near a checkpoint to get to the port and board a boat to take them to the Colombian border, in Gardi Sugdub, Panama, February 23, 2025. REUTERS/Enea Lebrun/File Photo

For nearly 350,000 Venezuelans benefiting from Temporary Protected Status, a federal program the Trump administration has officially ended, the clock is running out. The federal government’s decision to terminate deportation protections under the 2023 TPS designation has set a high-stakes deadline: April 2.

Grenell convinced Venezuela’s strong man, Nicolas Maduro, to release six American hostages. He also persuaded Maduro to embrace the return of illegal Venezuelan migrants from the U.S. The first return flights started last week, and Grenell was there to see the migrants off.

Advocacy groups and Venezuelan immigrants have filed suit in federal courts over terminated removal protections for Venezuelans in the United States.

But that, the idea that sanctions are the direct cause of Venezuela’s migrant crisis is just not accurate. In 2017, the first sanctions by the U.S. toward the Venezuelan governm

Will President Trump’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status for 300,000 Venezuelan immigrants dim Venezuelan Americans’ strong support for him?

They have given up trying to reach the US following President Trump's crackdown on unlawful migration. Read more at straitstimes.com.