Biden administration offers temporary protection status to Venezuelans

WASHINGTON – The Biden administration is granting temporary legal status to 472,000 Venezuelan migrants who are already in the U.S., a major step toward aiding asylum seekers as the number of migrants at the southern border is on the rise again.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas citing political instability in Venezuela preventing the safe return of migrants extended the temporary legal status designation by 18 months for Venezuelan migrants who arrived in the U.S. this year prior to July 31.

The move Wednesday was applauded by Democrats who have pushed the White House to do more to help migrants seeking asylum and blasted by congressional Republicans from Texas who accused the Biden administration of further enflaming unrest at the border.

“The Biden administration is making the border invasion worse,” U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said in a statement. “This news will incentivize even more illegal aliens from Venezuela to come.”

The action allows eligible Venezuelan migrants to work in the U.S., adding to the 242,700 Venezuelans who already qualified for temporary status before Wednesday s announcement. Mayorkas said Venezuelan migrants who arrived after July 31 will be removed from the U.S. if they don’t have a legal basis to stay.

via www.usatoday.com

Venezuelans are fleeing communism. They are not likely to vote for Democrats once they understand what the Dems are up to. I knew slightly some Venezuelans, and they don’t like communism, not anymore and not one little bit. We need to get the border under control, but that doesn’t mean just keeping everyone out, especially if they are refugees from the communists.