Noem revoked on Tuesday the extension of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans granted by the Joe Biden administration in its last days in office. The extension would have granted 18 months of additional protections for Venezuelans with TPS status expiring in April and September of this year.

The move to revoke the extension of temporary protected status would make hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans eligible for deportation.

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has rescinded a rule that temporarily protected migrants fleeing ongoing armed conflict or other extraordinary and temporary conditions on Wednesday. The temporary protected status for roughly 600,