Venezuelans are suffering from severe poverty, which I don't think is grounds, by itself, qualifies for asylum.
-PJ
They *are* executing some in Venezuela, so that is (again, objectively) a cause for seeking asylum.
Why they aren’t stopping in the first safe country instead of coming here (though some *are* flying direct to the US now) is another discussion entirely.
FYI: https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/09/18/venezuela-extrajudicial-killings-poor-areas
And, per a Honduran friend (who, before you jump to conclusions, is staying in Honduras and not illegally immigrating), it isn’t just the poor areas getting extrajudicial killings. Apparently the regime is slowly and sporadically working their way down the list of the remaining people in the country that were opposed to Chavism... or even were part of the groups that kept the country running under the prior administration but who are now “not performing their patriotic duty and working for the people of Venezuela instead of the capitalists” - especially including the former oil field workers that were there.
Maduro is sending them here to destabilize the US.