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  • Updated: January 20, 2021

Trump Stops Deportation Of Venezuelans For 18 Months

Trump Stops Deportation Of Venezuelans For 18 Months

Outgoing President of the United States, Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order suspending the deportation of Venezuelans from US territory for a period of 18 months, citing the ongoing crisis in their own country.

Trump said that it is in the foreign policy interest of the United States to defer the removal of any national of Venezuela, or alien without nationality who last habitually resided in Venezuela. 

The move had been pushed by the president's Republican allies in Florida, where many Venezuelans have settled after fleeing the economic collapse and political turmoil in their native country, ruled for more than two decades by a socialist regime.

The Miami Herald said the order could aid up to 200,000 Venezuelans who live under the threat of detention and deportation.

Meanwhile, President-elect, Joe Biden led a moving tribute on Tuesday for US coronavirus victims, now more than 400,000, as European nations battled record daily fatalities and fear spread of new virus strains.

Almost a year after the United States registered its first COVID-19 death, the pace of the pandemic has picked up with 100,000 deaths in the past month alone, adding to a national toll far above any other country.

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"It's hard sometimes to remember, but that's how we heal. It's important to do that as a nation," Biden said in sombre remarks in Washington at the National Mall reflecting pool, where lights were turned on as a memorial to those who have died.

"Let us shine the lights in the darkness along with the sacred pool of reflection and remember all who we lost," said Biden.

AllNews had reported that Donald Trump will be leaving the State House in Washington DC on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, as the President of the United States.

While the President-elect, Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th President of the States following the general election held in November.

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