Each Sunday, Johann Teran goes to worship at a bilingual Lutheran service in suburban Minneapolis.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has halted the processing of certain parole program applications, affecting thousands of immigrants already in the country.

Shock and betrayal are some of the words used by Venezuelans in South Florida who, as of last week, were given weeks to leave the country.

Officials in South Florida are speaking up against the end of the U.S. Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans over fear that it will hurt their local economies.

Doral is home to a large and typically vocal Venezuelan exile community.

The Trump administration will not be renewing the Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans when it expires in April.

A prominent Miami immigration attorney said Friday the shift from former President Joe Biden to President Donald Trump has changed the immigration status of formerly protected migrants.

Frantz Fabien is among the Haitians in South Florida who are worried about the possibility of the expiration of the Temporary Protected Status in August.

American Friends Service Committee of Florida, The Florida Immigrant Coalition, and The Miramar Circle of Florida joined together for a press conference Wednesday to seek immediate action on TPS re-designation for Central American countries.

American Friends Service Committee of Florida, The Florida Immigrant Coalition, and The Miramar Circle of Florida joined together for a press conference Wednesday to seek immediate action on TPS re-designation for Central American countries.

The Biden administration says it is offering humanitarian relief to Ukrainians in the United States to protect them from being deported.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas spent about an hour Tuesday with about 40 of the most influential members of South Florida’s Haitian-American community.

Haitians were not only celebrating Haitian Heritage Month Saturday night in Miramar, but also celebrating what could be a path to permanent citizenship.

The Biden administration is allowing eligible Haitian nationals residing in the U.S. to apply for a new 18-month designation for temporary protected status.

(SANA via AP)WASHINGTON – The United States extended the temporary legal residency status Friday for nearly 7,000 people from Syria because of the country’s civil war. Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary David Pekoske said Friday that temporary protected status would be extended for 18 months. Temporary status allows foreign citizens to stay in the U.S. if they lack some other form of legal residency and come from a country that meets certain criteria that makes it dangerous to return. Pekoske said Syria continues to meet that criteria because of the civil war. The Trump administration had sought to end TPS for several countries, including Haiti, El Salvador and Nicaragua, but extended it for Syrians.

Scott and Trump have said they are strong supporters of restoring democracy in Venezuela. During a news conference Thursday in Weston, Wasserman Schultz told Venezuelan American activists that Scott's commitment to help Venezuelans "is totally disingenuous." Wasserman Schultz and Pelosi blasted Scott for tying Venezuelans' TPS to a new requirement for review of all migrants TPS cases every 18 months. Trump doesn't need congressional approval to grant Venezuelans TPS. On the Senate floor, Scott said, "the courts have basically made a temporary program permanent, which is not sustainable.

(CNN) - The Trump administration will not grant temporary protected status, a form of humanitarian relief, to Bahamians affected by Hurricane Dorian, according to an administration official. The Trump administration has moved to end TPS for many of the countries with the protection, but courts have so far blocked those efforts. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott of Florida asked Trump to suspend certain visa requirements for Bahamians who have relatives in the United States. By Monday, Rubio said storm survivors were already being evacuated to the United States without being required to show visas after coordinating with authorities. "Those individuals who do make it to the United States that don't have travel documents ... we're going to apply discretion on a case-by-case basis.

Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON - A bill aimed at protecting thousands of Venezuelans currently living in the United States from deportation stalled in the Senate on Tuesday after the Democratic minority urged its approval by unanimous consent. "How can we in good conscience say to these Venezuelans who are in the United States, 'You have to return?'" Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, the only Republican among 10 sponsors of the bill, was not present on the Senate floor. Rubio said last week he has been working with the administration on providing Venezuelans with "deferred enforced departure" status instead of TPS. The Congressional Budget Office estimates 200,000 Venezuelans currently living in the United States could receive TPS.