According to DHS, the current conditions in Venezuela no longer meet the criteria for humanitarian protection as outlined in the Immigration and Nationality Act. The decision marks a reversal of policies established under the Biden administration. Former Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas had repeatedly extended Venezuela’s TPS designation, citing unsafe conditions that made deportations impossible. Those protections, initially set to expire in 2025 and 2026, have now been nullified by the Trump administration’s new directive.
As of late October 2025, DHS reports over 527,000 deportations since President Trump took office, with more than 1.6 million voluntary departures. Officials expect those numbers to rise as enforcement resources expand, solidifying immigration control as a central focus of the administration’s policy agenda.
