President Joe Biden recently approved a sweeping extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for over half-a-million Venezuelans. The decision cited severe humanitarian emergencies in Venezuela due to political and economic crises under President Nicolás Maduro.

The Department of Homeland Security has extended the temporary protected status designations for Venezuelans and El Salvadorans by 18 months.

The Homeland Security Department said Friday that over 800,000 Venezuelans and Salvadorans can legally remain for 18 more months.

The Biden administration has extended temporary protected status to Venezuelans in the United States for 18 months, ten days before President Joe Biden is set to leave office, the Department of Homeland Security said on Friday.

The United States will also extend temporary protections for roughly 600,000 Venezuelan migrants in the United States.

The decisions mark the Biden administration’s latest in support of Temporary Protected Status, which he has expanded to cover ... The announcement, which came as Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro took office for a third six-year term in Caracas ...

On the same day Nicolás Maduro was sworn in to serve a six-year term as the president of Venezuela, the U.S. announced a $25 million reward for his arrest. The reward is part of a program aimed at "disrupting and dismantling transnational drug trafficking organizations.

The Biden administration allows 800,000 Venezuelans and Salvadorans to remain in the US for 18 months amid immigration policy changes.

President-elect Trump has called for revoking Temporary Protected Status for some countries. Some immigrants in Charlotte with TPS fear the possibility of being deported if the program is rescinded.

Biden's administration has strongly supported Temporary Protected Status ... which came as Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro took office for a third six-year term in Caracas amid widespread ...

11 (UPI) --President Joe Biden's administration has extended by 18 months the temporary protected status for ... under the inhumane [President Nicolas] Maduro regime," DHS officials said Friday ...

The Biden administration has extended for 18 months the temporary protected status to about 600,000 Venezuelans ... the arrest or conviction of Nicolás Maduro, who currently controls Venezuela ...