Trump Admin Will Not Stop Mass Deportation Flights To Venezuela Even After Maduro’s Capture

The Trump administration isn’t stopping its mass deportation effort following the arrest of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, The Daily Wire has learned.

The Department of Homeland Security told The Daily Wire on Monday that deportation flights to Venezuela have not paused as the United States continues to help the country find stability.

The Trump administration’s deportation campaign has focused on Venezuelan nationals after the Biden administration ushered in a record wave of migrants from the South American country.

As part of the deportation operation, Trump administration officials previously successfully pushed the Maduro regime to accept removal flights from the United States after they stopped under the Biden administration.

“The great news for those who are here from Venezuela on Temporary Protected Status is that they can now go home with hope for their country.” @TriciaOhio

President Trump is bringing stability to Venezuela. Secretary Noem ended Temporary Protected Status for more than 500,000… pic.twitter.com/8EmcE1XZ0y

— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) January 5, 2026

The agency has also encouraged the roughly 500,000 Venezuelans whose Temporary Protected Status was recently revoked to leave the United States on their own.

“The great news for those who are here from Venezuela on Temporary Protected Status is that they can now go home with hope for their country,” Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News Sunday.

It remains unclear which diplomatic channels the United States is pursuing to ensure Venezuela continues accepting the deportation flights.

President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One Sunday that the United States is “in charge” of Venezuela, adding that there would be elections there “at the right time.”

“We’re in the business of having countries around us that are viable, successful and where the oil is allowed to freely come out, because that’s good, it gets the prices down. That’s good for our country,” Trump said. “This is Venezuela, our area, the ‘Donroe Doctrine,’” a play on words riffing on the Monroe Doctrine to describe his Trump-branded approach to American leadership in the Western Hemisphere.

Following some tough talk on Maduro’s arrest, the ousted dictator’s second-in-command, Delcy Rodríguez, claimed that she plans to work with the United States in the coming months.

“We extend an invitation to the U.S. government to work together on a cooperation agenda, aimed at shared development, within the framework of international law, and to strengthen lasting community coexistence,” Rodríguez said.

“President Donald Trump: Our people and our region deserve peace and dialogue, not war. That has always been President Nicolás Maduro’s position, and it is the position of all of Venezuela at this moment,” Rodríguez added. “That is the Venezuela I believe in and have dedicated my life to. My dream is for Venezuela to be a great power where all good Venezuelans can come together.”