Biden Administration to Offer Work Permits to 470,000 Venezuelan Migrants
In a significant concession to New York City Mayor Eric Adams and other blue-state officials, the Biden administration has agreed to make roughly 470,000 Venezuelan migrants
In a significant concession to New York City Mayor Eric Adams and other blue-state officials, the Biden administration has agreed to make roughly 470,000 Venezuelan migrants eligible for work permits aimed at easing the financial strain on major migrant destinations. Democrats have pushed the new program called ‘Temporary Protected Status’ that offers them deportation protections and the ability to work legally for at least 18 months so that they can work and take care of themselves. However, it takes 10 to 18 months to obtain a work permit. According to the Wall Street Journal, the US has virtually no ability to deport people to Venezuela once they arrive because Washington has no diplomatic ties with the South American nation.
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In a significant concession to New York City Mayor Eric Adams and other blue-state officials, the Biden administration has agreed to make roughly 470,000 Venezuelan migrants eligible for work permits aimed at easing the financial strain on major migrant destinations.
Venezuelans who arrived in the U.S. by July 31 will be eligible for the program, known as Temporary Protected Status. It offers them deportation protections and the ability to work legally for at least 18 months.
“It is critical that Venezuelans understand that those who have arrived here after July 31, 2023 aren’t eligible for such protection, and instead will be removed when they are found to not have a legal basis to stay,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement.
TPS for Venezuela had become a top political ask for blue-state officials, who saw it as a shortcut around the law prohibiting asylum seekers from receiving a work permit for at least six months after submitting an asylum application.
Until now, top officials with the White House and Department of Homeland Security had refused to consider that option, arguing behind closed doors that such a move would ultimately serve as a draw for even more migrants to head for the U.S. border, according to people familiar with their conversations.
Adams and officials in other cities who have received large migrant populations, including Washington, D.C., Chicago and Boston, argue that immediate access to a work permit would allow migrants to move out of city-run shelters and support themselves.
Venezuelans have been a particularly challenging migrant demographic for the Biden administration to handle because 7.1 million are currently living outside their country, most in neighboring nations, with more heading for the U.S. after exhausting other options in Latin America. The U.S. has virtually no ability to deport people to Venezuela once they arrive because Washington has no diplomatic ties with the South American nation.
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