U.S. to resume direct deportation flights for Venezuelan migrants

The U.S. government has already identified people in federal custody who “will be removed promptly in the coming days,” a senior Biden administration official said.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. is resuming direct repatriation flights for Venezuelans who unlawfully cross the border and "do not establish a legal basis to remain" in the country, the Biden administration announced Thursday.
The Venezuelan government has agreed to take back deported migrants, a senior administration official said.
"This also reflects a long-standing approach by the Biden-Harris administration that balances historic expansion of safe, orderly, lawful pathways with harsh consequences for those who seek to cross our border irregularly," the official said on a call with reporters.
The U.S. has already identified people in federal custody who arrived after July and "will be removed promptly in the coming days," another senior administration official said.
The Biden administration last month made all Venezuelans who have lived in the U.S. since before August eligible for what's known as temporary protected status, allowing them to stay in the country without fear of deportation and providing them with the right to obtain work authorization.
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