The policy of the new Trump administration has focused on reducing immigration from countries such as Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti, and Nicaragua. Photo: White House.
Guacamaya, March 21, 2025. The administration of Donald Trump will revoke the legal status of 530,000 Venezuelans, Cubans, Nicaraguans, and Haitians in the United States starting April 24.
This measure is part of a policy focused on expelling immigrants, particularly those from the aforementioned nationalities. The president is also considering eliminating the “parole” status of 240,000 Ukrainians.
This revocation follows the announcement that the “Temporary Protected Status” (TPS) for Venezuelans will not be renewed. Approximately 350,000 citizens of the South American country in the U.S. could find themselves in legal limbo starting April 7.
There are two periods for TPS; the one granted in 2023 ends in April of this year, while nearly 300,000 more Venezuelans have protection until September 10, having initially received it in 2021.
Measures such as “Humanitarian Parole” and TPS were introduced to protect citizens from countries with severe political, economic, and humanitarian crises from deportation. The argument was that the lives of these migrants would be in danger if they were repatriated to their home countries.
The Department of Homeland Security, particularly regarding Venezuela, has stated that the critical situation that previously prevented deportations no longer exists. On January 31, Washington DC and Caracas agreed to resume repatriation flights.
However, due to conflicts between the two governments, and within the Trump administration, flights between the United States and Venezuela have not continued beyond the initial three.
The White House’s policy places particular emphasis on Venezuelan immigration. It has declared that there is an invasion by the criminal group Tren de Aragua, accusing it of having ties to the government of Nicolás Maduro, to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
Despite the lack of evidence to support these claims, the measure has already been used to deport Venezuelan citizens to El Salvador, where they were imprisoned in CECOT, maximum-security prisons.
Another proposal within the anti-immigration policy would be to expand the list of countries under the “Travel Ban.” This means that citizens from these countries would be prohibited from entering the U.S. From Latin America, Venezuela and Cuba are being considered, according to The New York Times. An official list has not yet been released.
