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Doral, Miami-Dade's "Little Venezuela," fears Trump's moves against immigration: Photo essay

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Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Photo Essay
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Cars pass through the area known as Downtown Doral, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Doral, Fla.

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Photo Essay

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Photo Essay
Rebecca Blackwell / AP

People walk along a street lined with restaurants and businesses in Doral, Fla., Saturday, April 5, 2025.

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Photo Essay

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Photo Essay
Rebecca Blackwell / AP

Maria, a Venezuelan immigrant who lives with her U.S. citizen husband and two daughters who have Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, vacuums a rug as the family organizes and packs for their upcoming move into a larger and nicer apartment, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Doral, Fla.

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Photo Essay

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Photo Essay
Rebecca Blackwell / AP

A 9-year-old girl with Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, who was born in Venezuela, but who fluently speaks only English and is in the gifted program at her school, watches TV in her family's apartment, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Doral, Fla.

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Photo Essay

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Photo Essay
Rebecca Blackwell / AP

Yrene Bruno works inside her franchise of "Sabor Venezolano," selling Venezuelan food and treats, in Doral, Fla., Tuesday, April 1, 2025.

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Essay

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Essay
Rebecca Blackwell / AP
People wear virtual reality headsets as they immerse themselves in “Teleport to Venezuela,” a 35-minute VR documentary by Noa Iimura exploring life in Venezuela, as the film’s national and European tour kicks off in the largest Venezuelan community in the U.S., in Doral, Fla., Saturday, April 5, 2025.

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Photo Essay

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Photo Essay
Rebecca Blackwell / AP
U.S. citizens who immigrated from Venezuela between 16 and 30 years ago play dominos outside El Arepazo, a restaurant that is a hub of the largest Venezuelan community in the U.S., in Doral, Fla., Wednesday, April 2, 2025. Cesar Mena, at right, voted for President Donald Trump and continues to support him. “I have family and friends on TPS (Temporary Protected Status) and I feel bad for them. But it’s a temporary situation, and you need to resolve the problem.”

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Photo Essay

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Photo Essay
Rebecca Blackwell / AP
People wear virtual reality headsets as they immerse themselves in "Teleport to Venezuela," a 35-minute VR documentary by Noa Iimura exploring life in Venezuela, as the film's national and European tour kicks off in the largest Venezuelan community in the U.S., in Doral, Fla., Saturday, April 5, 2025.

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Photo Essay

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Photo Essay
Rebecca Blackwell / AP
Reinaldo Schanz, a 19-year-old U.S. citizen who emmigrated from Venezuela at age 2, practices moves on his rollerblades after finishing work as a park service aide in Doral Central Park, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Doral, Fla. Schanz said his family supports the administration going after migrants with criminal records, but was surprised to see people on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and similar programs targeted as well.

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Photo Essay

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Photo Essay
Rebecca Blackwell / AP
A woman and child walk down a commercial street, in Doral, Fla., Saturday, April 5, 2025.

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Photo Essay

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Photo Essay
Rebecca Blackwell / AP
People walk down a commercial street in Doral, Fla., Friday, April 4, 2025.

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Photo Essay

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Photo Essay
Rebecca Blackwell / AP
Gabriela Osuna, right, a 23-year-old Venezuelan immigrant with Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, who co-founded a successful artists collective that produces art events, takes a selfie with her girlfriend Vanessa Sanchez Montero, 29, also originally from Venezuela, at a bar in Doral, Fla., Saturday, April 5, 2025.

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Photo Essay

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Photo Essay
Rebecca Blackwell / AP
Patrons eat inside one of the locations of Sabor Venezolano owned by Wilmer Escaray, who operates a dozen businesses that hire Venezuelan migrants like he once was, in Doral, Fla., Tuesday, April 1, 2025.

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Photo Essay

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Photo Essay
Rebecca Blackwell / AP
Alvaro Duran Stella, 47, a Venezuelan with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) who studied to become a paralegal and now works in Doral, Fla., on immigration application cases for other migrants, walks back to his apartment after working remotely in his community's clubhouse, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Miramar, Fla.

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Photo Essay

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Photo Essay
Rebecca Blackwell / AP
A 9-year-old girl with Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, who was born in Venezuela, but who fluently speaks only English and is in the gifted program at her school, watches TV in her family's apartment, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Doral, Fla.

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Photo Essay

Immigration Temporary Status Venezuelans Photo Essay
Rebecca Blackwell / AP
Venezuelan stickers and specialty products are sold alongside more typical offerings in a gas station shop in Doral, Fla., Tuesday, April 1, 2025.
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