Senate Republicans block vote on whether to grant Temporary Protected Status to Venezuelans in the US who fled political and economic turmoil
Some conservative Republicans in Congress have been reluctant to support TPS for Venezuelans while President Donald Trump and hard-liners in his administration have tried to end the program for hundreds of thousands of Haitians, Hondurans, Salvadorans and Nicaraguans currently in the U.S. with protected status.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who has been pushing for legal status for Venezuelans, tweeted “we will continue working on this. Also just wrapped up another meeting with administration hoping to achieve administrative resolution of this.” Trump has presented himself as a staunch opponent of leftist Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and a supporter of his opponent, Juan Guaidó. Yet the administrationOn the Senate floor, Menéndez said, “It is an unconscionable moral failing for the Senate not to approve this legislation.”
For the past few years, Venezuelans have been escaping political chaos, hyperinflation and shortages in food and medicine. More than 4 million Venezuelans have fled their country, according to the United Nations. It’s the largest exodus in the recent history of Latin America and the Caribbean.
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