They’d fled their devastated homeland and been granted protected status that allowed them to live and work in the U.S.. Now that will end in April for thousands of them, the new

Trump's decision to remove Temporary Protected Status means more than 500,000 Venezuelans may be forced to leave the U.S. Venezuelan Americans, many of whom voted for Trump, call it a betrayal.

Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in Florida face deportation after the White House this week ended protections put in place under the Biden administration, saying it would not extend them as part of its broader policy to curb immigration.

Venezuelans in South Florida and across the country expressed outrage, fear and uncertainty Saturday after President Donald Trump announced Venezuela will take back its nationals deported from the United States.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday that the Trump administration has revoked a decision that would have protected roughly 600,000 people from Venezuela from deportation, putting some of them at risk of being removed from the country in about two months.

This decision will have a horrific impact on more than 505,400 Venezuelans who currently hold protected status,” the legislators wrote.