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**PRESS RELEASE**For Immediate Release ??
Contact: Dan Gordon mailto:[email protected], 617-651-0841??
Jan. 29, 2025??

**Trump Protected Venezuelans Before and Should Again**??

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Tuesday, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem??vacated an earlier notice [link removed] extended a Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Venezuela. The action threatens protections and work authorization for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan TPS holders.??

The first Trump administration granted [link removed] protection from deportation just before leaving office in 2021.??

"We are talking about??thousands of people who are currently contributing and working legally. Secretary Noem should extend protections for Venezuelans and provide certainty for American communities??and American businesses," said Jennie Murray, President and CEO of the National Immigration Forum.?? ??

"We strongly encourage the administration to consider protecting once again??this key population while also working to improve conditions in Venezuela."????

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