Miami mayor calls for reinstating TPS for Venezuelans : NPR
NPR••nation
Key Points:
- Miami Mayor Eileen Higgins urged the Trump administration to immediately reinstate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans, criticizing the planned end of TPS protections in early 2025 as "reckless, dangerous, and wrong."
- Higgins emphasized that ongoing instability in Venezuela makes it unsafe for Venezuelan immigrants to return, highlighting Miami's large Venezuelan expatriate community and their contributions to the city.
- The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to proceed with ending TPS for Venezuelans, temporarily stripping legal protections from over 350,000 individuals under the program.
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended the decision to end TPS, stating that affected individuals can apply for refugee status and emphasizing the need to follow the law and ensure program
