The U.S. bishops have called the Trump administration’s decision to revoke temporary legal protections for Venezuelan immigrants “counterproductive to the administration’s stated goal of reducing strain on American communities.”
“We urge them to consider the adverse impact this step will have on citizens and non-citizens alike,” Chieko Noguchi, spokesperson for the U.S. bishops, told Crux in a statement on 3 February. “Terminating this temporary legal protection that allows people to work, pay taxes and contribute to our society will only lead to more disruption and would appear to risk diverting the focus of enforcement efforts away from legitimate threats to public safety.”
