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Secretary Rubio and Secretary Mullin
Estimados Amigos,
Venezuela se enfrenta a una catástrofe humanitaria sin precedentes. El terremoto más devastador en más de un siglo ha dejado a millones de personas luchando por sobrevivir. Hay familias atrapadas bajo los escombros de edificios colapsados. Los hospitales han superado su capacidad. El país lucha por salvar vidas, no por recibir vuelos de deportación.
Sin embargo, Estados Unidos continúa deportando a venezolanos hacia las ruinas de un desastre natural en un país que ya atraviesa una crisis humanitaria. El Congreso creó el Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS) precisamente para este tipo de emergencias. Firma la petición para instar a los secretarios Rubio y Mullin a actuar de inmediato:
Suspender todos los vuelos de deportación a Venezuela.
Re-designar el Estatus de Protección Temporal para los venezolanos.
La administración tiene la autoridad para actuar hoy mismo. Detengan las deportaciones. Restablezcan el TPS. Salven vidas.
Dear Friend,
Venezuela is facing an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. The most devastating earthquake in more than a century has left millions struggling to survive. Families are buried beneath collapsed buildings. Hospitals are stretched beyond capacity. The country is fighting to save lives—not receive deportation flights.
Yet the United States continues deporting Venezuelans into the wreckage of a natural disaster of a country already in a humanitarian crisis. Congress created Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for exactly this kind of emergency. Sign the petition to call on Secretary Rubio and Secretary Mullin to act immediately:
Halt all deportation flights to Venezuela.
Re-designate Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans
The administration has the authority to act today. Stop the deportations. Reinstate TPS. Save lives.
Únete a la Alianza Nacional TPS para exigir TPS para Venezuela ahora mismo | Join the NTPS Alliance to ask for TPS for Venezuela Now.
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LETTER TO DHS AND STATE:
The Honorable Marco Rubio
Secretary of State
The Honorable Markwayne Mullin
Secretary of Homeland Security
Dear Secretary Rubio and Secretary Mullin,
We write to urge you to take immediate action to suspend deportations to Venezuela and reinstate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for eligible Venezuelan nationals in light of the unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe now unfolding in the country.
Venezuela is experiencing the most devastating earthquake in more than a century. Entire communities have been reduced to rubble, rescue operations are overwhelmed, hospitals are operating beyond capacity, and critical infrastructure has been severely damaged. Millions of people are struggling to survive amid continuing aftershocks and a rapidly worsening humanitarian emergency. At this moment, Venezuela is fighting to save lives—not receive deportation flights.
Despite these extraordinary conditions, the United States continues to deport Venezuelan nationals into the midst of this disaster.
Hours before the first major earthquakes struck, the United States deported more than 160 Venezuelans to their home country. According to reporting by the Associated Press, more than 100 of those deportees were staying in a hotel that was destroyed during the earthquake and remain missing. This tragedy underscores the grave risks of returning individuals to a nation experiencing an active humanitarian and natural disaster.
Every deportation flight sent to Venezuela under these conditions places human lives in jeopardy. No person should be forced into an active disaster zone where access to shelter, medical care, clean water, food, and basic public safety cannot be assured.
Congress established Temporary Protected Status precisely for circumstances such as these. TPS authorizes protection for foreign nationals when their home country is experiencing an environmental disaster, armed conflict, or other extraordinary and temporary conditions that make safe return impossible. The conditions in Venezuela clearly warrant the exercise of that humanitarian authority.
Continuing deportations while Venezuela struggles through this catastrophic emergency is inconsistent with the humanitarian purpose of U.S. immigration law. Every removal carried out under these circumstances unnecessarily increases the risk to human life.
Accordingly, we respectfully urge you to:
- Immediately suspend all deportation flights to Venezuela;
- Re-designate Temporary Protected Status for eligible Venezuelan nationals without delay; and
- Ensure that no individual is returned to conditions that threaten their life, health, or safety while this humanitarian emergency persists.
The decisions made in the coming days will have profound and lasting consequences. Your departments possess the legal authority and the humanitarian responsibility to act swiftly in order to prevent further loss of life.
We respectfully ask that you exercise that authority immediately by halting deportations to Venezuela and restoring Temporary Protected Status for eligible Venezuelans.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this urgent matter.
Respectfully,