UPDATE: On March 31, 2025 a federal court judge granted an order postponing DHS’s decision vacate the 2023 Venezuelan TPS. The court order ensures that individuals covered by the 2023 TPS designation for Venezuela will retain their employment authorization and other TPS benefits (which were set to terminate on April 7, 2025) while the lawsuit proceeds, under the revived TPS extension granted by former DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on January 17, 2025.

On January 28, 2025, The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) vacated the Biden Administration’s recent redesignation of the 2023 Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Venezuela through October 2, 2026. This will result in the expiration of the 2023 TPS protections reverting back to the prior expiration date of April 2, 2025. Following the vacatur, DHS then took the necessary steps to formally terminate the program on February 3, 2025, when it released an advance copy of a notice to terminate the 2023 TPS designation for Venezuelan nationals. The notice is expected to be published February 5, 2025, and will become effective 60 days after publication, terminating work authorization and deportation protections for recipients of the 2023 TPS designation for Venezuela as of that date.