Dozens of Venezuelan migrants boarded small boats on an island off the Caribbean coast of Panama on Monday, setting off towards Colombia by sea as part of a reverse migration of families who have given up trying to reach the United States.

Like hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans hit by political and economic crises, Teran, his wife and her mother applied for different kinds of humanitarian protections in the United States that the Trump administration has curtailed or is expected to end soon.

Several Venezuelans and three immigrant rights groups have sued President Donald Trump's administration over its decision to end temporary protections against deportation for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan immigrants living in the United States.

Immigration advocates have filed two suits challenging the Trump administration’s stripping of deportation protection for some Venezuelans in the United States. The suits target a move by

A group of Venezuelans filed a U.S. lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's decision to end temporary protections against deportation for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Venezuela living in the United States.

Two weeks after President Donald Trump began his second term, the Chicago area Venezuelan community found themselves in uncertain legal waters. Under the Biden Administration, Venezuelans immigrants who arrived in United States between 2021 and 2023 were eligible for Temporary Protected Status.

Two Venezuelan planes flew to the United States on Monday and returned home with deported Venezuelans, signaling a possible improvement in relations between longtime diplomatic adversaries and a victory for President Donald Trump in his efforts to get more countries to take their people back.

Venezuelan migrants, who were hoping to reach the U.S. and decided to return to their country due to U.S. President Donald Trump's new immigration policies, walk near a checkpoint to get to the port and board a boat to take them to the Colombian border, in Gardi Sugdub, Panama, February 23, 2025. REUTERS/Enea Lebrun/File Photo

The lawsuit was filed against the Department of Homeland Security and its secretary, Kristi Noem. Earlier this month, Noem announced the end of deportation relief, known as Temporary Protected Status, for Venezuelans in the United States without permanent legal immigration status.

In recent months, illegal immigrant deportations from the United States have emerged as a serious humanitarian and economic problem for Latin America, especially for countries like Venezuela with eroded democracy and serious economic issues.

Around 350,000 Venezuelas in the U.S. will lose their Temporary Protected Status, but what is it? And why are they losing it?

Will President Trump’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status for 300,000 Venezuelan immigrants dim Venezuelan Americans’ strong support for him?