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Latino USA

Venezuelans, 'The Most Vulnerable Diaspora,’ Fight Back

Latino USA

Futuro Media and PRX

Society & Culture

4.93.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The National TPS Alliance and seven plaintiffs, including Temporary Protected Status holder Cecilia González, recently sued the Trump administration for illegally terminating TPS for about 600,000 Venezuelans. Though a federal judge temporarily blocked the termination, the legal fight to defend the status, and to advocate for long-term immigration reform, continues.

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0:38.5

And not you go, yes.

0:44.0

Futuro.

0:52.2

It's been almost 10 years since Jose Sosa fled Venezuela for political reasons.

1:00.6

And if you say how I feel actually, basically me feel like he's back to square one,

1:09.8

living under the rule of another repressive government,

1:13.4

this time in the United States.

1:16.3

Sentirese only persecuted for being Venezuelan.

1:19.4

Feeling targeted just for being Venezuelan is not fair, he says.

1:30.3

Good night, Venezuela. Venezuelan is not fair, he says. It's a Saturday afternoon in April, and Jose is outside of El Arapaso, a Venezuelan restaurant

1:38.3

and mainstay in Dorrell, a small city in Miami-Dade County. These days, the city of Doral goes by the nickname Dorasuela because of the large number

1:50.6

of Venezuelans who live there.

1:54.5

From there, right?

1:55.0

From there, yes, yes, exactly.

1:57.1

Okay.

1:59.0

Jose and his wife Belin identify themselves as

2:02.6

Tepesianos.

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