In 2004, he was honored with a Rome Prize for architecture, awarded by the American Academy in Rome for innovative work in the arts and humanities.
the administration to end protections that had allowed some 350,000 Venezuelan immigrants to remain in the United States. That group of Venezuelans could face deportation.Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States look out from plane portholes upon landing at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States look out from plane portholes upon landing at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)The Venezuelans had a form of protection known as Temporary Protected Status. Administration officials had ordered TPS to expire for those Venezuelans in April. The Supreme Court liftedthat had paused the administration’s plans.
Here’s what to know about TPS and some other temporary protections for immigrants:Temporary Protected Status allows people already living in the United States to stay and work legally for up to 18 months if their homelands are unsafe because of civil unrest or natural disasters.
The Biden administration dramatically expanded the designation. It covers people from more than a dozen countries, though the largest numbers come from Venezuela and Haiti.
The status doesn’t put immigrants on a long-term path to citizenship and can be repeatedly renewed. Critics say renewal had become effectively automatic for many immigrants, no matter what was happening in their home country., 93. The matriarch of the iconic Italian fashion house that made colorful zigzag-patterned knitwear high fashion and helped launch Italian ready-to-wear. Jan. 1.
, 67. A self-help guru whose multimillion-dollar business toppled after he led a sweat lodge ceremony in Arizona that left three people dead. Jan. 3., 88. A former prime minister of Greece and the architect of the country’s joining the common European currency, the euro. Jan. 5.
, 96. The founder of France’s far-right National Front was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him staunch supporters and widespread condemnation. Jan. 7., 86. The singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk music trio whose impassioned harmonies transfixed millions as they lifted their voices in favor of civil rights and against war. Jan. 7.