The Trump administration, through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), will issue a federal notice on February 5, 2025, that revokes Temporary Protected Status for a subset of more than 300,000 Venezuelan nationals who are in the United States, and who have TPS protections through April 2025. (Another subset of Venezuelan nationals have TPS protections through September 2025, based on a separate designation of TPS for Venezuela from 2021, but will not be impacted by the current notice.) The notice will take effect 60 days after publication in the Federal Register.

Impact: Those who qualify for TPS are issued a registration document and are protected from deportation while a TPS designation is in place for their country of origin, and they are eligible to apply for an Employment Authorization Document (also known as a work permit), allowing them to be employed lawfully and have worker protections and basic workplace rights, for the period during which the TPS designation remains active. The persons impacted by this notice will no longer have temporary protection from deportation or valid work permits after their TPS status is terminated.