Noem signed a six-page notice reversing a decision made by her predecessor, Alejandro Majorkas, in the waning days of the Biden administration to extend Temporary Protected Status. The move is effective immediately.
“Before he left town, Mayorkas signed an order that said for 18 months they were going to extend this protection to people that are on Temporary Protected Status, which meant that they were going to be able to stay here and violate our laws for another 18 months," Noem told “Fox and Friends.”
“We stopped that,” Noem said.
The U.S. doesn’t have diplomatic relations with Venezuela, limiting deportation options. Other countries that do not receive deportees include Cuba and Nicaragua, but Noem said President Donald Trump “clearly will exercise all the authority and power that he has to make these countries take them back.”
