Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations around and inside Miami’s immigration court have become common and widely shared on social media. For Yineska and her family, who immigrated from Venezuela, the news brings anxiety. For two years, they had been living in the U.S. with legal status. With the immigration crackdown, they fear their chance to stay might vanish.
“Today’s appointment is the key,” Eduard says as he rides in an Uber to an asylum appointment at an immigration office. The stakes are high. ICE operations are part of the Trump administration’s effort to detain and deport thousands of immigrants. Venezuelans were a target of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and have been at the center of the administration’s most dramatic and high-profile deportation efforts.
“Status: Venezuelan” tells the story of one Venezuelan family in Florida trying to stay together — and stay in the U.S. legally — as they navigate the shifting immigration landscape under the Trump adminis...
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