The Trump Administration is revoking temporary protected status for over 60,000 Venezuelan migrants, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Wednesday morning. The newly confirmed DHS secretary slammed her predecessor Alejandro Mayorkas for tying the Trump Administration’s hands and signing an order giving Venezuelan migrants temporary protected status so they could “stay here and violate the laws” for another 18 months.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revoked a decision protecting 600,000 Venezuelans from deportation, reversing an extension of Temporary Protected Status made by Alejandro Mayorkas during the Biden administration.

The Trump administration has ended extended protections for Venezuelans with Temporary Protected Status in the United States, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told Fox News in an interview on Wednesday.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem has announced a cancelation of Biden-era protections for Venezuelan migrants as the administration ramps up deportations.