Venezuelan American Caucus advocates reacted Monday to President Donald Trump’s administration’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans and to negotiate with Nicolás Maduro.

President Donald Trump’s administration is set to end Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan nationals living in the United States. The Department of Homeland Security asserted in an unpublished Sunday memorandum that “Venezuela no longer continues to meet the conditions” for the program,

Kristi Noem’s decision to end temporary protected status for a large group of Venezuelans puts them at risk of being forced to return to the autocratic regime they fled.