July 25, 2024

Trump’s order to halt deportations to Venezuela – a ‘gift’ or ‘cop out’? Experts weigh in.

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Deferred Enforced Departure, or DED, applies to all Venezuelan citizens in the U.S. with the exception of those who are subject to extradition, are inadmissible under the Immigration and Nationality Act or were deported, excluded, or removed prior to Jan. 20. It also authorizes their employment while in the United States. And though the decision could benefit as many as 200,000 Venezuelans at risk of being sent back to the troubled South American nation, the benefit is only temporary” and doesn’t compare to Temporary Protected Status, which is “an actual immigration status,” McGrorty said. By Monique O.Madan, Sonia Ososrioa and Alex Daugherty . Full Text -> MiamiHerlad

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