/tags/venezuelan-migrants Venezuelan migrants en-US WLRN Sat, 05 Oct 2024 03:12:40 GMT /americas/2024-10-04/biden-wont-extend-two-year-program-for-haitian-cuban-venezuelan-and-nicaraguan-migrants The program began in 2022 with Venezuelans as an effort to provide an alternative legal pathway for migrants who were increasingly coming to the U.S.-Mexico border. It later expanded to Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans.The program allowed them to live and work in the U.S. for two years while they sought other legal status. Sat, 05 Oct 2024 03:12:40 GMT /americas/2024-10-04/biden-wont-extend-two-year-program-for-haitian-cuban-venezuelan-and-nicaraguan-migrants Colleen Long | Associated Press /immigration/2023-09-29/temporary-protected-status-venezuelan-migrants-voting-rights A TikTok video claimed Biden granted almost 500,000 Venezuelan migrants voting rights, but that’s inaccurate. TPS recipients do not automatically become U.S. citizens, however, and only citizens can vote in federal elections. Fri, 29 Sep 2023 15:00:00 GMT /immigration/2023-09-29/temporary-protected-status-venezuelan-migrants-voting-rights Madison Czopek | PolitiFact /americas/2023-09-21/biden-venezuela-migrants-tps-work-permits The move Wednesday to give Venezuelans who arrived in the country as of July 31 temporary protected status essentially makes it easier and faster for them to get authorization to work. Thu, 21 Sep 2023 14:11:17 GMT /americas/2023-09-21/biden-venezuela-migrants-tps-work-permits Rebecca Santana and Elliot Spagat | Associated Press /national-politics/national-politics/2023-02-10/after-marthas-vineyard-lawmakers-give-desantis-10-million-more-to-move-migrants As Florida dedicates more money to transport migrants from other states, advocates say there isn't enough oversight to make sure transport is done legally and that migrants are relocated voluntarily. Fri, 10 Feb 2023 17:41:28 GMT /national-politics/national-politics/2023-02-10/after-marthas-vineyard-lawmakers-give-desantis-10-million-more-to-move-migrants Valerie Crowder /immigration/2022-11-30/two-top-desantis-aides-now-on-the-list-of-defendants-in-the-migrant-flight-lawsuit Two top aides to Gov. Ron DeSantis were added as defendants Tuesday in a potential class-action lawsuit stemming from the DeSantis administration flying 49 migrants from Texas to Massachusetts in September. Wed, 30 Nov 2022 13:00:00 GMT /immigration/2022-11-30/two-top-desantis-aides-now-on-the-list-of-defendants-in-the-migrant-flight-lawsuit /news/2022-11-21/can-bidens-new-carrot-and-stick-immigration-policies-ease-the-u-s-border-crisis Experts say a new humanitarian parole program for Venezuelans marks a new incentive-cum-enforcement trend for immigration policy — if it actually works. Mon, 21 Nov 2022 10:59:00 GMT /news/2022-11-21/can-bidens-new-carrot-and-stick-immigration-policies-ease-the-u-s-border-crisis Tim Padgett /politics/2022-11-03/records-shed-new-light-on-how-desantis-migrant-flights-team-tried-to-get-around-laws Documents released this week by the aviation company that helped manage Florida’s $12 million migrant relocation program shed new light on behind-the-scenes dealings as the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis, working with the politically connected vendor, wriggled around a requirement that Florida use the money to export Florida migrants — not those living in some other state. Thu, 03 Nov 2022 19:30:00 GMT /politics/2022-11-03/records-shed-new-light-on-how-desantis-migrant-flights-team-tried-to-get-around-laws Mary Ellen Klas /podcast/sundial/2022-10-27/sundial-now-a-deep-into-migrant-flights-to-marthas-vineyard How did Floridians' tax dollars play a role in Governor Ron DeSantis’ recent operation to send migrants from San Antonio, Texas to Martha's Vineyard? A new Miami Herald investigation looked into the state’s controversial migrant relocation program. Thu, 27 Oct 2022 20:04:40 GMT /podcast/sundial/2022-10-27/sundial-now-a-deep-into-migrant-flights-to-marthas-vineyard Sherrilyn Cabrera, Leslie Ovalle Atkinson /immigration/npr-breaking-news/2022-10-19/the-u-s-admitted-thousands-of-venezuelan-migrants-many-are-now-stuck-in-legal-limbo Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants have been released into the U.S. Now many are stuck in a complicated legal limbo: They're legally present for now, but unable to work lawfully. Wed, 19 Oct 2022 20:37:10 GMT /immigration/npr-breaking-news/2022-10-19/the-u-s-admitted-thousands-of-venezuelan-migrants-many-are-now-stuck-in-legal-limbo Joel Rose, Marisa Peñaloza /news/2022-09-20/cuban-migrants-are-hoping-for-wet-foot-dry-foot-2-0-are-other-migrant-groups-too Cuban migrants are pushing back against U.S. curtailment of their legal-entry parole — and may embolden other groups to seek their own privileges. Tue, 20 Sep 2022 15:59:02 GMT /news/2022-09-20/cuban-migrants-are-hoping-for-wet-foot-dry-foot-2-0-are-other-migrant-groups-too Tim Padgett