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The obvious reaction to this - ironic that the US would ask other countries to give refuge to Venezuelans when its own refugee policy has been so restrictive - is yet another example of how the Trump admin’s immigration policies conflict w its stated foreign policy priorities
Exhibit 2: the travel ban, in particular on Iranians, given the Trump admin’s stated support for the Iranian people. When Iranian activist @AlinejadMasih met w @SecPompeo recently, one of her three points was the travel ban’s impact on ordinary people
I could go on - huge drop in admittance of Christian refugees from the Middle East even as the Trump admin professes concern for religious minorities, etc.
Almost under any other administration you could imagine Venezuelans being granted TPS or other broad relief, which would serve admin’s political aims of highlighting Venezuela’s problems, but with Trump admin having withdrawn TPS for so many others that seems uniquely unlikely
