A Venezuelan woman living in New York has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for ending deportation protection.
Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem recently rescinded Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans. This means that it will end on April 7.
The plaintiff, identified only as “K.F” in the federal lawsuit, claims that she had protested against Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro in 2018 and later fled to the United States.
“She is terrified of returning to Venezuela, given the persecution directed at activists and professionals perceived as activists, from forced disappearances to prolonged incarceration without food or light,” the complaint, filed by migrant rights groups, states.
The organizations Make the Road New York and CASA filed the lawsuit in Maryland on behalf of “K.F.” and other migrants.
Noem and the Department of Homeland Security are both named in the complaint.
Former DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas had extended TPS for Venezuelans at the end of the Biden administration.
When announcing the end of TPS, DHS said that the situation in Venezuela has improved enough that Venezuelans in America can now return.
“After reviewing country conditions and consulting with the appropriate U.S. government agencies, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has determined that conditions in Venezuela no longer support the 2023 designation of Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status (TPS),” DHS said in a statement on February 3.
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