Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is ending protections that shielded roughly 350,000 Venezuelans from deportation, leaving them with two months before they lose their right to work in the U.S.

Kristi Noem’s decision to end temporary protected status for a large group of Venezuelans puts them at risk of being forced to return to the autocratic regime they fled.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will terminate temporary removal protections for several hundred thousand Venezuelans in the US.