The announcement came as Nicolás Maduro began another term despite U.S. officials believing he lost his election.

Homeland Security says about 600,000 Venezuelans and more than 200,000 El Salvadorans living in the U.S. can legally remain another 18 months.

President Joe Biden’s administration extended temporary protected status for 600,000 Venezuelans and more than 200,000 Salvadorans in the US just 10 days before Donald Trump takes office vowing mass deportation of immigrants.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Friday that over 200,000 Salvadorans can legally remain for another 18 months.

About 600,000 Venezuelans and more than 200,000 Salvadorans already living in the United States can legally remain another 18 months, the Department of Homeland Security said Friday, barely a week before President-elect Donald Trump takes office with promises of hardline immigration policies.

The Department of Homeland Security on Friday announced it would extend Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from Venezuela, El Salvador, Ukraine and Sudan for 18 months. Why it matters: The extensions protect immigrants before the start of the incoming administration,