Many Venezuelans are feeling a sense of betrayal after the Trump administration ended their deportation protections.

He goes to work in fear.He’s nervous, he says in Spanish, “very, very nervous.”Jaimes, 21, arrived in Utah in June 2023 under then-President Joe Biden’s initiative to offer temporary refuge to Venezuelans fleeing precarious political and economic conditions.

The Biden administration had extended protections for more than 600,000 Venezuelans. The cancellation of the extension could open them up to deportation in the coming months.

The Trump administration has revoked an extension of deportation protections that the previous administration granted to more than 600,000 Venezuelans already in the United States, the New York Times reported on Tuesday,

The Trump administration has rescinded a decision that extended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for approximately 600,000 Venezuelans, putting them at risk of deportation.

The Trump administration is revoking an extension that grants deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the United States through October 2026, according to the Department of Homeland Security.