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PBS News Hour - Segments

Venezuelan immigrants in Chicago live in fear after loss of temporary legal status

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

41K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

The Trump administration announced Friday that starting on Sept. 2, Haitians cannot remain in the U.S. under temporary protected status. It’s part of a broader change by the administration to revoke legal protections for citizens of several countries, including Venezuela. Many Venezuelan migrants ended up in Chicago, where special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports about a community on edge. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

The Trump administration announced today that starting on September 2nd, Haitians cannot remain in the U.S.

0:06.8

under a special temporary protection status they'd been granted. About half a million Haitians

0:12.5

in the U.S. could now face deportation. The U.S. government says Haiti, which has been racked by

0:18.2

gang violence, is now safe enough for residents to return home.

0:22.2

That's despite State Department warnings that advise Americans not to travel to Haiti.

0:26.9

It's part of a broader change by the administration to revoke legal protections for citizens of

0:32.1

several unstable countries, including Venezuela. Many Venezuelan migrants ended up in Chicago, where special correspondent

0:39.7

Fred DeSem-Lazero reports about a community on edge. It's part of our series, Race Matters.

0:47.1

Here in Chicago, two successful entrepreneurs have carved out a piece of their American dream.

0:54.2

They were proud to invite us into their thriving business with two dozen employees.

0:59.4

As immigration raids intensified in Chicago, though, they asked us to hide their identities.

1:05.7

We have a community that is very afraid.

1:09.5

Anna Hill Garcia runs the Illinois-Venezuelan Alliance, an organization that since 2017

1:16.0

has provided a variety of services to the growing community in this state.

1:21.3

We were receiving phone calls that they needed food because we don't want to go out.

1:26.0

And then one of the things that really is the saddest part for me

1:29.3

is this is the last week in the school system.

1:33.3

The children have their recitals.

1:36.3

You know, the children have their graduation.

1:39.3

And parents, they don't want to take the children.

1:41.3

They're afraid that they won't return home anyway.

1:45.0

They are very afraid.

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