Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced an executive order to stop the 18-month extension approved by former Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

The decision to wipe Venezuela's TPS status signals that the Trump administration may expect to arrest and remove a large number of Venezuelans.

The Trump Administration is revoking temporary protected status for over 60,000 Venezuelan migrants, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Wednesday morning. The newly confirmed DHS secretary slammed her predecessor Alejandro Mayorkas for tying the Trump Administration’s hands and signing an order giving Venezuelan migrants temporary protected status so they could “stay here and violate the laws” for another 18 months.

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.

"Temporary protected status" or TPS is given to foreign citizens who cannot go back to their home country due to war or natural disasters.

The Trump administration is revoking deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the United States, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

A Northeast Philadelphia woman from Venezuela is worried about her Temporary Protected Status amid the Trump administration's crackdown.

United States President Donald Trump's administration has revoked an extension of 'temporary protected status' (TPS) for more than 600,000 Venezuelans that allowed them to remain in the US, the New York Times reported on Tuesday,

The Trump administration has ended extended protections for Venezuelans with Temporary Protected Status in the United States, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told Fox News in an interview on Wednesday.