Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday that the Trump administration has revoked a decision that would have protected roughly 600,000 people from Venezuela from deportation, putting some of them at risk of being removed from the country in about two months.

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noe reverses Biden administration policy that granted relief to immigrants fleeing crises - Anadolu Ajansı

The Biden administration had extended protections for more than 600,000 Venezuelans. The cancellation of the extension could open them up to deportation in the coming months.

US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she had revoked an extension of Temporary Protected Status for some 600,000 Venezuelans. Former President Joe Biden's administration had extended deportation relief.

The Trump administration has ended extended protections for Venezuelans with Temporary Protected Status in the United States, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told Fox News in an interview on Wednesday.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem cut the duration of deportation protections for 600,000 Venezuelans in the U.S. as the Trump administration searches for ways to ramp up removals of Venezuelan nationals,