Kristi Noem’s decision to end temporary protected status for a large group of Venezuelans puts them at risk of being forced to return to the autocratic regime they fled.

The decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status for more than 300,000 people signals that President Trump will continue to dismantle a program that aims to protect migrants from potentially dangerous countries.

The Trump Administration is revoking temporary protected status for over 60,000 Venezuelan migrants, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Wednesday morning. The newly confirmed DHS secretary slammed her predecessor Alejandro Mayorkas for tying the Trump Administration’s hands and signing an order giving Venezuelan migrants temporary protected status so they could “stay here and violate the laws” for another 18 months.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced an executive order to stop the 18-month extension approved by former Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

The people of this country want these dirtbags out,” Noem told “Fox and Friends” of a prominent Venezuelan gang.

The Trump administration has eliminated deportations protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the United States, leaving them vulnerable to be sent back to the South American country in 60 days when the protection expires,

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

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.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said her predecessor should not have extended protections that were set to expire during Trump’s administration and vowed to make her own decision.