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Washington Post
January 4, 2026

What Maduro’s ouster means for Trump’s mass deportation campaign
By Teo Armus , Sabrina Rodriguez , Marianne LeVine and Maria Sacchetti


In canceling those protections, the Trump administration has argued that conditions in Venezuela have sufficiently improved for people to return, though the State Department still advises against any travel there. About 500,000 Venezuelans are currently facing deportation in U.S. immigration courts, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, which tracks federal data.


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