clarified on social media that the statement was inaccurate<\/a>, leading to confusion within the Venezuelan community.<\/p>\nHendryd Ordo\u00f1ez, a Venezuelan resident, arrived in the U.S. in 2020 and, like many others, applied for asylum after the TPS designation ended. Many Venezuelans without permanent legal status said they now faced uncertain futures.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was worrying, but at the same time, we had great respect for and were obeying the laws of this country,\u201d Ordo\u00f1ez said.<\/p>\n
Ongoing political instability in Venezuela did little to ease concerns. Ordo\u00f1ez said many Venezuelans still feared returning home due to lingering political divisions and safety concerns.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was still fear of returning because of the people who supported the previous government throughout that time,\u201d Ordo\u00f1ez said. \u201cWe were afraid of being sent back because we still did not feel safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
KRIS 6 spoke with Houston immigration attorney Raed Gonzalez, who said some options were available for Venezuelans who entered the U.S. legally, including applying for residency if a visa was immediately available.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne option is if a U.S. citizen petitions for them, such as through marriage, or if a Venezuelan\u2019s child petitions for them,\u201d Gonzalez said.<\/p>\n
Gonzalez emphasized that every immigration case was different and that even small details could affect the outcome.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe only thing I asked of God and of life was that, in the end, whatever happened would be for the best for our country, which unfortunately suffered through many political misfortunes,\u201d Ordo\u00f1ez said.<\/p>\n
As the political climate continued to shift, Gonzalez said outcomes remained difficult to predict and advised immigrants to seek guidance from a trusted attorney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 As tensions rise between the United States and Venezuela, many Venezuelans in the Coastal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156,49096,28,51645,23159,51646,49213,51647],"class_list":{"0":"post-117740","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-corpus-christi","8":"tag-corpus-christi","9":"tag-corpus-christi-headlines","10":"tag-corpus-christi-news","11":"tag-maduro","12":"tag-texas-news","13":"tag-united-states-vs-venezuela","14":"tag-venezuela","15":"tag-venezuelan-in-cc","16":"tag-venezuelans","17":"tag-venezuelans-in-coastal-bend"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}