Popular Will asks the US to reconsider the decision to cancel TPS and said that this represents a setback in the protection of those who have been forced into exile due to causes outside their will
Popular will asked the international community “to maintain their support for Venezuelans who have been victims of an oppressor regime,” after Donald Trump’s administration confirmed the cancellation of the Temporary Protection Status (TPS) For the citizens of Venezuela.
Through a release Published on Monday, February 3, on the Social Net the serious economic and political crisis that Venezuela is going through.
VP reiterated that the reasons that justified the implementation of TPS for Venezuelans still persist and said that they have “aggravated” over the years. “Venezuela continues under the control of a dictatorship that systematically violates human rights, with more than 2,000 people imprisoned in the last six months for political reasons,” the text said.
The political awning added as causes of Venezuelan migration, which has led millions of Venezuelans to flee their homeland, repression, persecution, lack of democratic guarantees, the prolonged economic crisis and recalled that they caused “one of the more severe humanitarian emergencies in the history of the region ».
«The revocation of the TPS represents a setback in the protection of those who have been forced into exile due to causes outside their will. We urge US authorities to reconsider this decision and evaluate the conditions that continue to threaten the lives and stability of Venezuelans inside and outside the country, ”said popular will.
About eight million Venezuelans live in different countries of the world in search of better life opportunities.
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The Federal Registry of the United States confirmed the annulment of the extension of the Temporary Protection Statute (TPS) for Venezuelans of 2023, signed by the Joe Biden government on January 10.
With this measure, the Trump administration leaves the decision of January 10 of this year, in which the protection for the beneficiaries of TPS 2023 extended, which are about 600,000 Venezuelans.
*Journalism in Venezuela is exercised in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments arranged for the punishment of the word, especially the laws “against hatred”, “against fascism” and “against blockade.” This content was written taking into consideration the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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