Venezuelans in the US are torn between joy and worry after ousting of Maduro

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and ADAM GELLER, Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — In the days since the Trump administration ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a late-night military raid, Alejandra Salima has spoken to fellow Venezuelan migrants in her role as an advocate. Like her, most voice feelings that seesaw between joy and trepidation, she said.

The removal of Maduro is “a first step, but we’re nervous,” said Salima, who fled to the U.S. three years ago with her 7-year-old son and assists other Venezuelans at the Miami office of the National TPS Alliance. With the regime that Maduro led still in place, “at this moment, returning would put me and my son at risk,” she said.

For more than 770,000 Venezuelans living in the U.S., reactions to Trump’s forceful moves in the country they left behind — and the one that has taken them in — are as intense as they are complicated.

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