The White House approved the postponement of deportations for some Venezuelans in a decision 11 hours earlier President Trump
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The White House said in a memorandum released Tuesday that it approves the postponed postponement (DED) for Venezuelans. Recipients of the deferral will be able to live and work in the United States, similar to those protected under a Temporary Protected Status (TPS) status.
The memo hit the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, accusing it of corruption of producing “the worst humanitarian crisis in the Western Hemisphere in recent memory.”
“A catastrophic economic crisis and the lack of basic goods and medicines have forced about five million Venezuelans to flee the country, often in dangerous conditions,” the White House wrote in a memo.
“The deteriorating state of Venezuela, which poses a continuing threat to national security for the safety and well-being of the American people, guarantees the postponement of the removal of Venezuelan nationals who are present in the United States.”
The new policy is a final blow against the White House Maduro regime, which recognized opposition leader Juan Guaidó as interim president in 2019 following a 2018 presidential race that Maduro won, but observers say it was full of fraud.
Maduro seemed to remain in power only after the election as an alarming humanitarian crisis, fueled by a lack of food and medicine, worsened further, and Western nations gathered around Guaidó. However, he eventually managed to hold the presidency as the enthusiasm of the opposition disappeared and international attention was focused elsewhere.
The new policy differs deportations for “any citizen of Venezuela or foreigner without nationality who had his last habitual residence in Venezuela, who has been present in the United States since January 20, 2021.”
Among those not protected under the program are Venezuelans who “have voluntarily returned to Venezuela or their country from their last habitual residence outside the United States;” they did not live continuously in the USA; have been convicted of one or more offenses; are subject to extradition; the Secretary of Homeland Security “has determined that it is not in the interest of the United States or poses a threat to public safety;” the secretary of state “has good reason to believe that it would have serious negative foreign policy consequences for the United States.”
The move was met with applause from Republican lawmakers who have long argued for the US to take a stand against socialist dictatorships such as Venezuela.
“We have a fundamental obligation to provide a safe haven for those fleeing tyranny and oppression. This act of solidarity offers our community in Venezuelan exile an insurance so necessary in these unprecedented times “, said rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.). “I will never stop fighting for this just cause until Venezuela is liberated from the murderous and socialist Maduro regime and is once again a vibrant and prosperous democracy that respects the rule of law.”