The Trump administration has eliminated deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the United States, making them vulnerable to be sent back to the South American country in 60 days when the protection expires.

Miami’s Republican representatives in Congress expressed optimism on Sunday about president Donald Trump’s ability to bring change to Venezuela, as the new president reengages with autocratic ruler Nicolas Maduro and cancels legal protected status for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the U.S.

They’d fled their devastated homeland and been granted protected status that allowed them to live and work in the U.S.. Now that will end in April for thousands of them, the new

The Department of Homeland Security is ending Temporary Protected Status for more than 300,000 Venezuelans in the United States already, Fox News Digital has confirmed.