Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is ending protections that shielded roughly 350,000 Venezuelans from deportation, leaving them with two months before they lose their right to work in the U.S.

The Trump administration moved Monday to nix temporary deportation protections for an estimated 300,000-plus Venezuelans living in the United States. Why it matters: Revoking Venezuelans' Temporary Protected Status (TPS) puts those people at risk of deportation amid Trump's nationwide immigration crackdown.

The Trump administration has eliminated deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the United States, making them vulnerable to be sent back to the South American country in 60 days when the protection expires.

CBS News Miami's Chelsea Jones spoke with one man who said that he's confident that he and his wife will be okay despite their status.

They’d fled their devastated homeland and been granted protected status that allowed them to live and work in the U.S.. Now that will end in April for thousands of them, the new

The Trump administration has ended temporary protected status, or TPS, for more than 300,000 Venezuelans in the United States.

They were given Temporary Protected Status Because their country is too unsafe to return. But now, thousands of Venezuelans will be open to potential deportation when their protections come to an end as soon as in two months.

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.

The Trump administration ends protections halting the deportation of approximately 350,000 Venezuelans in the US. This move impacts Temporary Protected Status, expiring in April, affecting half of the Venezuelans under this protection.