Posted on 01/29/2025 9:51:57 AM PST by bitt
Donald Trump has revoked deportation protections for over 600,000 Venezuelan migrants.
The revocation was confirmed by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in an interview on Wednesday morning.
The order rescinds a previous order from Joe Biden’s Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, that extended the protections for a further 18 months.
“Before he left town, Mayorkas signed an order that said for 18 months, they were going to extend protection to people on Temporary Protected Status, which meant they were going to be able to stay here and violate our laws for another 18 months,” Noem said. “We stopped that.”
“We are going to follow the process, evaluate all of these individuals that are in our country, including the Venezuelans that are here,” she continued.
Watch the clip below:
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has confirmed that the Trump administration has revoked Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for over half a million Venezuelan migrants residing in the United States. pic.twitter.com/i8KJpB65ru
— Ben Kew (@ben_kew) January 29, 2025
As of December 2024, there were over 600,00 Venezuelan migrants benefitting from TPS, although estimates vary.
Noem added that they remain in active discussions with other countries, and “the President clearly will exercise all the authority and power that he has to make these countries take them back.”
She was also asked about whether the administration was open to using the Guantanamo Bay center in Cuba as a possible detention site.
“We’re evaluating and talking about that right now,” she responded.
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“using the Guantanamo Bay center in Cuba as a possible detention site.”
I’ve thought that for a while now. Take them there, and then let the home country be responsible for air dropping food, clothes, meds, etc. WE don’t want to handle care and maintenance for these people.
I would refer the Venezuelan government to the actions taken against Columbia as to what will happen if they refuse to take their citizens back
Turkish prison.
Homan’s good, but he’s a rank amateur compared to those Martha’s Vineyard deporters. They had the Illegals outta there the next day—every last one of ‘em.
Well, they will get tired of being there and self deport.
migrant is not a legal term in accordance with US law...
The term illegal aliens is used in our IMMIGRATION laws...
We will try sanctions as a first step, with "let's make a deal" as the counterpoint. But, I believe that economic sanctions will not be enough. It would require a serious threat of an expeditionary force that overthrows the Venezuelan government.
I am not certain that we can do that successfully right now. Maybe later. Much later. Maybe never.
A new system of prison camps in Arizona for pending deportees sounds like a more likely measure. Just "temporary". Sure thing, right?
” Noem said. “We stopped that.”
Marxists take another kick to the groin.
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