In Miami’s ‘Little Venezuela,’ Deportation Fears Collide With Hope for Regime Change

DORAL, Fla.— In this Miami suburb, support for President Trump’s pressure campaign against Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro is causing anxiety over the administration’s immigration crackdown.

Residents of Doral, home to the largest Venezuelan community in the U.S., are bursting with hope that the administration’s unprecedented military buildup in the Caribbean will lead to Maduro’s ouster. Thousands of immigrants settled in this South Florida city—dubbed “Little Venezuela”—after fleeing hunger, repression and economic collapse under Maduro’s rule.

In Miami’s ‘Little Venezuela,’ Deportation Fears Collide With Hope for Regime Change

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