Rubio on Extension of TPS for Venezuela

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U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) issued the following statement after the Biden Administration announced an 18 month extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for eligible Venezuelans, which Rubio has repeatedly called for. TPS provides temporary legal status and work authorization for foreign nationals who cannot return to their country of origin and has historically been implemented in cases of natural disasters, armed conflict, and other extraordinary circumstances.

Rubio is the co-author of the Venezuela Temporary Protected Status Act of 2021, a bipartisan bill to grant TPS for eligible Venezuelans currently in the U.S. who fled the Maduro regime's man-made crisis.

"The Biden Administration's decision to extend Temporary Protected Status for eligible Venezuelans in our nation is overdue," Rubio said. "This renewal will grant necessary relief to many who cannot return to their beloved homeland right now because of the Maduro narco-regime's destruction of Venezuela."

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