When the U.S. government deported 177 Venezuelans on Feb. 20, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security alleged that 80 of the deportees were members of

Mexico’s government says it has received 19,663 deported migrants since January 20 when President Trump took office, including 4,052 who were not Mexican nationals.

Trump immigration policy poses a threat to some 1.8 million migrants, sparking legal, economic and humanitarian concerns.Here's what is at stake and who is affected.

Venezuelan migrants Ysarlyn Molina and Lisbianny Amaya, who were hoping to reach the U.S. and decided to return to their country due to U.S. President Donald Trump's new immigration policies, rest as they wait for a boat to take them to the Colombian border, in Gardi Sugdub, Panama, February 23, 2025. REUTERS/Enea Lebrun

The Canadian government has reinforced border operations to stop migrants going to the United States, a major Trump complaint. But early data shows people are, instead, starting to flee the United States for Canada.

Many intend to stay in the U.S. But uncertainty from losing the status is intensifying pressure on business owners and straining family relationships.

The Trump administration unlawfully ended temporary protected status for thousands of Haitian and Venezuelan nationals living in the United States, according to a new complaint filed Monday.

Beneficiaries of federal programs that have allowed migrants — including many from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela— to come to the United States have sued the Trump administration for ending the legal pathways that let them and hundreds of thousands of others to temporarily live and work in the U.

Attorney General Anthony Brown has joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general, including Delaware, in filing an amicus brief in National TPS Alliance v. Noem in support of a challenge to the early termination of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Venezuela.

The move, expected as soon as April, would be a stunning reversal of the welcome Ukrainians received under President Joe Biden's administration.

Lawyers for Civil Rights filed the suit Monday, seeking to protect legal status for hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Venezuelan immigrants who have fled their home countries.