Welcome home, fellow Gator.

The Gator Nation's oldest and most active insider community
Join today!

Trump administration revokes deportation protections for 600,000 Venezuelans

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by flgator2, Jan 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM.

  1. Jan 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM #1
    flgator2

    flgator2 GC Hall of Fame

    6,998
    728
    2,113
    Apr 3, 2007
    Gainesville
    Trump administration revokes deportation protections for 600,000 Venezuelans

    WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.

    On “Fox and Friends," Noem said that she reversed the decision made by her successor, Alejandro Mayorkas, in the waning days of the Biden administration that extended Temporary Protected Status.

    “Before he left town, Mayorkas signed an order that said for 18 months they were going to extend this protection to people that are on temporary protected status, which meant that they were going to be able to stay here and violate our laws for another 18 months," Noem said. “We stopped that.”

    TPS faces an uncertain future under Trump, who tried to sharply curtail its use during his first term. Federal regulations would allow the extensions to be terminated early, though that’s rarely been done.

    Trump and his team continue protecting our country, Mayorkas shouldn't have ever done this. What a piece of shit
     
    • Informative Informative x 1
  2. Jan 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM #2
    G8tas

    G8tas GC Hall of Fame

    4,971
    976
    553
    Sep 22, 2008
    The Republicans in Dade County will not be happy about this. Does this mean the Cubans are next?
     
    • Funny Funny x 1
  3. Jan 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM #3
    ThePlayer

    ThePlayer VIP Member

    39,319
    5,394
    2,193
    Apr 3, 2007
    True fact:
    Mayorkas is a piece of shit and shouldn't have ever done this.
     
    • Winner Winner x 2
  4. Jan 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM #4
    vegasfox

    vegasfox GC Hall of Fame

    2,372
    209
    113
    Feb 4, 2024
     
    • Like Like x 1
  5. Jan 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM #5
    ajoseph

    ajoseph Premium Member

    7,376
    2,685
    2,998
    Jan 15, 2008
    I live in Weston, which carries the moniker, Westonzuela, because of the large segment of transplanted Venezuelans. The majority of the people I know are outstanding people—family, faith and education are the priorities.

    Obviously, I have no idea who this hits, but I suspect it will be impactful in my community.
     
    • Like Like x 1
    • Come On Man Come On Man x 1
  6. Jan 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM #6
    wgbgator

    wgbgator Premium Member

    30,656
    1,959
    2,218
    Apr 19, 2007
    Republicans looking to deport half a million Republican loving voters who loath socialism, its an interesting gambit. Especially since Venezuela isnt going to take them.
     
  7. Jan 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM #7
    AzCatFan

    AzCatFan GC Hall of Fame

    12,365
    1,171
    1,618
    Apr 9, 2007
    Score a victory for racism and xenophobia! Yeah team Trump!
     
    • Winner Winner x 1
    • Come On Man Come On Man x 1
  8. Jan 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM #8
    mrhansduck

    mrhansduck GC Hall of Fame

    4,934
    1,011
    1,788
    Nov 23, 2021
    Trump previously extended the protections for them on his way out of office. Will be interesting to see how this plays out in Florida, especially.