The Trump administration is allowed to strip deportation protection from some 350,000 Venezuelans.
That’s after the Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling that blocked the administration from removing Venezuelans in the U.S. with Temporary Protected Status — or TPS.
Aid worker Dora Rodriguez says she’s helping about two dozen Venezuelan families in Tucson.
"People who are coming from a country that they don’t have rights, they don’t have a voice. So what they were seeking in America is to be free to do better in life," she said.
A few dozen nationalities are given TPS because of war, economic insecurity or natural disaster in their home countries. Rodriguez says Venezuelans have been bracing for this change and some are applying for other, more permanent immigration processes, like asylum.
"With TPS they got their work permit right away, and they were already working legally, and now a few of them have to renew, and that’s being denied," Rodriguez said.
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The tool, originally reported by Axios, uses data from a July spending report that shows Congress or other federal agencies have put more than $268 billion in federal funds toward powering the Trump administration’s deportation agenda until 2029. -
Andrés Manuel López Beltrán says the revocation of his U.S. visa was politically motivated. -
The American Civil Liberties Union is dropping its bid to block enforcement of a new law that lets state and local police arrest some border crossers. -
ICE’s policy, issued in February 2025, says the agency will expeditiously review body camera footage in the event of serious harm of deaths in custody, and could release it within 72 hours — but only if it's determined that it’s “in the best interests of the agency” to do so. -
Leadership clarified that non-members — including employees or residents, guests of tribal members, travelers on public roadways and vendors tied to the Tohono O’odham Gaming Enterprise — may still travel freely “without any restrictions.”
