DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said her predecessor should not have extended protections that were set to expire during Trump’s administration and vowed to make her own decision.

The newly confirmed DHS secretary slammed her predecessor Alejandro Mayorkas for tying the Trump administration’s hands.

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has announced a cancelation of Biden-era protections for Venezuelan migrants as the administration ramps up deportations.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security late Tuesday revoked an extension of temporary protective status for nearly 600,000 Venezuelans, according to an unpublished Federal Register document obtained by States Newsroom.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has revoked an 18-month extension of temporary protected status for an estimated 600,000 Venezuelan migrants in the United States.

Three Republican congressional members from South Florida pledged Wednesday to "do everything possible" to protect Venezuelans who were granted temporary U.S. residency under the former Biden administration.

The acting head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is allowing immigration enforcement agents to swiftly deport those who came to the U.S. under multiple pathways established under the Biden administration.

The new Homeland Security secretary undid the Biden administration's extension of Temporary Protected Status on Wednesday.

The decision could strip 600,000 Venezuelans of deportation protections and leave many Venezuelans in Houston vulnerable to immigration enforcement.

The Venezuelan community across Central Florida is on edge. It comes as the Department of Homeland Security removed Venezuela from the list of countries with temporary protected status in the United States.

DORAL, Fla. – Doral is home to a large and typically vocal Venezuelan exile community. Now some on Temporary Protective Status who came to the land of the free to escape Nicolas Maduro’s brutal regime are hiding in the shadows, says Venezuelan-American Caucus Executive Director Adelys Ferro.