"At first we didn't believe it. We thought it might be AI. But then everybody we know started reaching out about the news. It's only in our dreams that this would be true, Juan says. I feel joy, and ignorance, because I don't know exactly what could be happening there nor do I know is it absolutely positive."
"He, his mother and sister came to Indiana in 2015 as political asylees. I was 16 [when he left Venezuela] and for me to go to college [there] was a waste of time many of the future opportunities were gone. We don't have an economy any more."
"Within hours of the 3 January attack in Caracas, the Department of Homeland Security released a statement that, in part, read: Kristi Noem ended Temporary Protected Status [TPS] for more than 500,000 Venezuelans, and now [following the overthrow of Maduro] they can go home to a country they love."
A Venezuelan family in Indianapolis opened a food stall after arriving as political asylees in 2015. News of Nicolás Maduro's capture by U.S. forces produced shock, disbelief and mixed emotions among Venezuelan migrants. Many initially suspected the report was AI until personal contacts confirmed it. Venezuelan immigrants are the fastest-growing Hispanic group in the U.S., with nearly 8,000 in Indiana. The reported ouster of Maduro, combined with an aggressive U.S. deportation effort and a DHS statement about ending TPS, has created immediate uncertainty about legal status and future prospects for many.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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