On January 31, a special envoy of US President Donald Trump flew to Venezuela to hold talks with President Nicolás Maduro. The trip led to the return of six U.S. citizens at a Venezuelan prison, and the Maduro government agreed to accept deported immigrants.
Trump’s crisis negotiator and ally Richard Grenell arrives in the capital Caracas with the aim of allowing Venezuela to take deportation flights from undocumented immigrants and liberate detained in Venezuelan prison American citizen.
The meeting sparked speculation about possible negotiations between Washington and Caracas, as the United States did not formally recognize Maduro’s presidency after alleging fraud in last year’s presidential election.
Grinnell met with Maduro, Vice President Delcy Rodríguez and National Assembly leader Jorge Rodríguez. He has Meet Rodríguez ended at the end of Trump’s first semester in 2020.
The goal of the meeting was reached late Friday, and Trump posted X:
“Just learned that we were taking six hostages home from Venezuela. Thanks to Ric Grenell and all of my staff. Excellent work!”
Grenell Posted Photos of himself and the released prisoner.
one statement Maduro’s government confirmed the meeting to be “mutual respect” and “solve various issues of interest to both countries: immigration, negative impact on Venezuela’s economic sanctions, suspected crimes of U.S. citizens, crimes involving national territories and the political integrity of Venezuela’s politics System. The need to reverse relations has also been reiterated.”
Trump says Maduro agrees to accept deported immigrants
On Saturday, Trump announced that Venezuela agreed to accept deported immigrants, “including members of Tren de Alaguya”, positions on X explain.
In addition, “Venezuela has agreed to return the shipping,” the Post continued.
To deport foreign citizens back to their country of origin, the United States must reach an agreement with the governments of a particular country. Bilateral representatives between the United States and Venezuela have been suspended since 2019, but the results of Friday’s meeting indicate that an agreement has been reached.
At the time of writing, the Venezuelan government has not yet made a formal announcement regarding the reception of deportation flights.
During his first semester, Trump used the “maximum pressure” campaign against Maduro to make him lose power. But given Trump’s “massive deportation” program and his “America First” campaign, there are questions about how the relationship with Maduro will develop in the second semester.
A smiling Grenell’s optics next to the gentle Rodríguez may indicate that the relationship has changed.
Venezuelans lose deportation protection under Temporary Protection (TPS)
Last week, the Trump administration Revoked The Temporary Protection Status (TPS) expansion blocked approximately 600,000 Venezuelans from deportation. The message is firstly New York Times.
In notification issued On February 2, Kristi Noem, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
On January 15, the Biden administration had Expand The protection measures until the fall of 2026, citing the “serious humanitarian emergency” in Venezuela continue to face “due to the political and economic crisis under the inhumane Maduro regime.
According to a copy of the unpublished notice issued by the Department of Homeland Security Acknowledgement Venezuela continues to face many of the same problems, but “significant improvements in multiple areas such as economy, public health and crime have enabled these nationals to return to their homeland safely”.
Venezuelans will now lose protections under the TPS in April after they lost the protections granted in April after they obtained deportation in 2023 and obtained a work permit.
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