US to protect hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans amid pressure over border

President Joe Biden will grant temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans (Susan Walsh, AP)

The US is granting temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who are already in the country, President Joe Biden’s administration confirmed on Wednesday.

The move will quickly make them eligible to work as the administration grapples with the growing numbers of people fleeing the South American country and elsewhere to arrive at the US border with Mexico.