On the last day of his presidency, Donald Trump signed an executive action on migrants from Venezuela.

These were people who came to the U.S. fleeing the worst economic crisis in that country's history.

At least 145,000 Venezuelans in the U.S. were affected by President Trump's order.

That order protected them.

We must all work together.

From deportation.

To end a humanitarian disaster.

Years the former president had vowed to restore democracy in Venezuela.

His administration threatened military action, imposed broad sanctions on Venezuela and its business partners,

and talked a lot about what he sees as the pitfalls of socialism.

This is from a speech Trump gave in 2019.

Socialism, eventually, must always give rise to tyranny which it does.

But it wasn't until 16 hours before he left office that Trump moved to protect Venezuelans here in the U.S.

That order he signed protected certain Venezuelan migrants who were in the U.S. illegally from deportation for 18 months.

It also happened to be good politics for Republicans in Florida.

That state has a large Venezuelan community.

And now the new administration wants to do more.

I'm just not satisfied that anyone has a good plan that we think can deliver the results that we all share.

That Secretary of State Antony Blinken in his January confirmation hearing,

when he endorsed temporary protected status for Venezuelan refugees.

That's some more stable long-term protection.

Here's an exchange with Blinken and New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez, a Democrat.

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