The Trump administration’s decision to rescind a Biden-era extension of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans has ignited fear in Florida, the heart of the Venezuelan community in the United States.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday that the Trump administration has revoked a decision that would have protected roughly 600,000 people from Venezuela from deportation, putting some of them at risk of being removed from the country in about two months.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Monday moved to terminate deportation relief for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the U.S., part of President Donald Trump's expanding immigration crackdown.

This decision will have a horrific impact on more than 505,400 Venezuelans who currently hold protected status,” the legislators wrote.

Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in Florida face deportation after the White House this week ended protections put in place under the Biden administration, saying it would not extend them as part of its broader policy to curb immigration.