A glimmer of hope opened up recently with renewed calls to offer Venezuelans Temporary Protected Status (TPS). HR 549, the Venezuela Temporary Protected Status Act of 2019, has already cleared the House. However, the bill comes on the heels of Trump’s executive orders to rescind and stop issuing new TPS for everyone. Indeed, the White House has not yet made an official pronouncement of how it plans to deal with a growing backlog of undocumented and asylum-seeking Venezuelans and there is notable right-wing Republican opposition to TPS for Venezuelans.