Immigration advocacy groups and numerous organizations united Saturday for a rally supporting the Venezuelan community in Orlando.

For years, the U.S. has urged Americans to avoid traveling to Venezuela. The State Department has issued a level 4 advisory, its highest warning, on the country since March 2019, when the U.S. embassy in Caracas suspended operations.

Senior living operators once pinned their hopes on an influx of workers via new immigration to help meet a surge of demand in the years ahead. In 2025,

Zonia Celis fled Venezuela for Minnesota in April 2022. She had TPS status before the Supreme Court’s ruling and has applied for asylum. At the softball tournaments, she runs a food stand, La Sazon D’Cary, selling sandwiches made with patacones — smashed plantains — and other flavors of home.

Venezuela will once again accept repatriation ... the overwhelming majority of whom were seeking better living conditions after their nation’s economy came undone last decade.

Venezuela will once again accept repatriation ... the overwhelming majority of whom were seeking better living conditions after their nation's economy came undone last decade.