Trump Revokes Legal Status and Work Authorization from 600,000 Immigrants, Driving Economic and Humanitarian Disaster

29 JANUARY 2025

Revoking TPS Status Will Disrupt Key Industries, Raise Prices, and Push Families Into the Shadows

Washington, D.C – The Trump administration has announced it will revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nearly 600,000 Venezuelans, stripping them of legal protections and work authorization despite ongoing instability and violence in their home country. This move is the latest escalation of Trump’s mass deportation agenda, one that continues to target immigrants—regardless of status— while spreading fear among American families and ignoring the economic and humanitarian consequences.

Statement from Kerri Talbot, Co-Executive Director of the Immigration Hub:

“Donald Trump is threatening to tear 600,000 people from their jobs, families, and communities—forcing them into the shadows or out of the country entirely. He promised targeted enforcement, but his deportation machine is sweeping up U.S. citizens, children, and military veterans. Now, he’s coming for those who followed the legal process, were vetted, and built their lives here—only to have their futures erased in an instant. 

This isn’t policy—it’s chaos. Families who have called this country home for years will be uprooted overnight, parents torn from their children, and entire communities thrown into turmoil. Meanwhile, key industries like construction, restaurants, and healthcare will be thrown into crisis as businesses lose essential workers, driving up costs for working families already struggling to make ends meet. Yet, Trump and his allies continue to push even further, refining their aim at birthright citizenship and enacting the unconstitutional Laken Riley Act, fueling racial profiling and mass detention. The message is clear: no immigrant is safe.

Lawmakers must act now to stop this assault on immigrant families and hold Trump accountable for the devastation he is inflicting—not just on immigrants, but on the country as a whole. Protecting immigrants isn’t just the right thing to do—it’s essential to preserving our democracy and basic human dignity.”

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