Venezuela TPS Act of 2019

The Venezuela TPS Act of 2019 is a bill in the 116th United States Congress sponsored by Rep. Darren Soto (D-FL) and Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL).Soto said that "TPS [is] a way to help protect our brothers and sisters escaping Maduro's terror"; Díaz-Balart said that "[w]e must not force Venezuelans who have sought safety in the United States to return to such dangerous conditions".[7] Political commentators believe that introducing the bill will give Trump support in his 2020 re-election campaign from the Venezuelan and Cuban population in the battleground state of Florida.[14] Shortly before ending his tenure, on January 20, 2021, Donald Trump approved Deferred Enforced Departure, protecting Venezuelans from deportation.[15] In March 2021, the Joe Biden administration granted the temporary protected status (TPS) to Venezuelan migrants living in the United States.
Venezuela TPS Act of 2019
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