Los Ángeles (USA).- The
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) specified this Friday that the designation of the
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) of 2021 will end on November 7th, and asked the benefited Venezuelans to “prepare” to return to their country if they do not have another legal basis to remain in the country.
With this decision, some
267,000 Venezuelans, whose protection initially expired on September 10, gained a small respite thanks to the additional deadline set by the regulations, because the law requires the Executive to communicate the termination of the TPS at least 60 days in advance, so that the beneficiaries have options to avoid remaining undocumented in the country.
“If you are a foreigner and are currently a beneficiary of TPS for Venezuela under the 2021 designation, you must prepare to return to Venezuela if you do not have another legal basis to remain in the United States,” highlighted the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in a statement this Friday.
The U.S. Withdrawal of the Migration Benefit for Venezuelans
The U.S. government invited Venezuelans affected by the termination of the migration benefit to use the CBP Home application if they intend to leave the United States.
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The hope of remaining of the immigrants is in the hands of a federal judge in California who is evaluating a lawsuit filed by a group of affected Venezuelans and the TPS Alliance in which they allege that the termination of the protection by the Government of President Donald Trump is illegal.
The legal action seeks to protect two groups of Venezuelans covered by the TPS granted by former President Biden, those from 2021, some 250,000, and the beneficiaries of the 2023 extension, some 350,000.
