Noem vs. Rubio: “Constraints on Venezuela from the Trump Administration” and a Loss of Essential Services
The Trump administration told the court that it was no longer needed for people from Venezuela. That’s simply not true, says ferro. She says the travel advisory was issued last week by the U.S. State Department. She says, “Secretary of State Marco Rubio, through his department, published a travel warning for U.S. citizens going to Venezuela and being in Venezuela and asked them to leave the country immediately.”
Secretary Noem has said “permitting Venezuelan nationals to remain temporarily in the United States is contrary to the U.S. national interest.” In February, Noem said conditions in Venezuela have improved including “the economy, public health, and crime that allow for these nationals to be safely returned to their home country.”
More than 8 million people have left Venezuela over the course of the last 2 years due to political persecution and a lack of essential services. Nicols won reelection in a fraudulent race. More than 2000 people were arrested by the forces of the president after the protests broke out.
The Supreme Court’s decision on the Temporary Protected Status of Venezuela is applicable to the 2023 group in the U.S.
The Supreme Court decision applies to the 2023 group of immigrants. The current protected status is expected to be axed by the Trump administration later this year.
Venezuelans in the U.S. with TPS are divided into two buckets: those who got it in 2021 when the Biden administration initially designated Venezuela for TPS, and those who got it when the program was extended in 2023.
There are ongoing armed conflict and environmental disasters. People with Temporary Protected Status can get a work permit in the U.S.
The court’s unsigned brief did not elaborate on its reasons, which is common in emergency orders before the high court. The court said that Justice Jackson would have denied the application.
The court’s decision allows the Trump administration to end TPS for this group pending appeal of the case, paving the way for possible deportations soon. A federal judge paused the administration’s plans on TPS a week before it was scheduled to end on April 7, resulting in the Trump administration filing an emergency application to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Gonzalez is part of a group of 25,000 people from Venezuela with temporary protected status who are living in central Florida. Along with her parents, she applied for political asylum when she arrived in the U.S. She says she will press her case for asylum if she loses her place of residency. She says that they will be in this limbo. “We’ve been waiting for an interview for eight years.” Many other Venezuelas have also filed for political asylum.
A group of people who fled the rule of authoritarian presidents Hugo Chvez and Nicols Maduro have grown the largest population in the U.S. in Florida.
Cecilia Gonzalez Herrera came to the U.S. from Venezuela with her parents eight years ago after her family faced political persecution from the administration of authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro. “Both of my parents were very vocal against the Maduro regime. My dad was an attorney. My mom was a political scientist.