Trump Extends “Deferred Enforced Deportation” For Venezuelans

On January 19^th the outbound Trump administration issued a memorandum granting Deferred Enforcement (DED) for sure Venezuelans. Whereas this grant, sadly, pre-empts the acknowledged purpose of the Biden staff to grant the extra beneficiant safety of TPS, it’s nonetheless a welcome reprieve to the humanitarian disaster in that nation.

This grant will lead to two advantages lasting 18 months:  employment authorization paperwork and deferral of removing of Venezuelan nationals, or aliens with out nationality who final habitually resided in Venezuela. To qualify, the applicant should present that he/she:

1. Is presently and residing regularly in the USA as of January 20, 2021;
2. Has not voluntarily returned to Venezuela or their nation of final routine residence outdoors the USA;
3. Is just not inadmissible below part 212(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)) or detachable below part 237(a)(4) of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(4));
4. Has not been convicted of a disqualifying offense;
5. Has not been bodily deported, excluded or eliminated previous to January 20, 2021;
6. Is just not topic to extradition;
7. Whose presence within the US has not been decided to be in opposition to the curiosity of the US or to be a hazard to public security; and
8. Whose presence within the US the Secretary of State has not decided to be affordable grounds to imagine would have probably critical opposed overseas coverage penalties for the USA.

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