2024年6月24日，委内瑞拉北中部发生连续强震，造成超过6,500人死亡1。这场灾难在千里之外的美国引起了广泛关注，当地超过1,000万委内瑞拉侨民通过远程观看这一悲剧展开1。两个多月后，多位在美国生活的委内瑞拉人继续承受地震带来的深远影响，包括失去亲人、心理创伤和对未来的不确定性1。
Kelly Granado Montano在地震57天后才找到失踪的双亲，时间已是2024年8月19日1。与此同时，其他侨民则投身于救援工作。Dariela Merchan通过TikTok一条帖子获得500名医疗志愿者报名，并通过众筹加上自掏腰包的1,200美元运费，向委内瑞拉运送医疗物资1。Alejandro Marquina收集了2,000美元用于地震幸存者援助1，而Diana Ramos则筹集4,000美元修复其母校1。灾难进一步扩散时，哥伦比亚随后发生了更大的地震，Ramos的姐姐Duneida在该国同样受灾1。
在这些侨民努力应对地震影响之际，他们面临着新的政策挑战。特朗普政府正在收紧移民政策，结束允许超过700,000名委内瑞拉人合法居住和工作的项目1。美国委内瑞拉侨民数量从2019年到2024年已翻倍至120万人1，这些政策调整将对这一社群带来进一步的不确定性。
A series of powerful earthquakes struck north-central Venezuela on June 24, 2024, killing more than 6,500 people 1. Over 1 million Venezuelan diaspora members living in the United States watched the catastrophe unfold from afar 1. More than two months after the disaster, several Venezuelans residing in America grappled with the tremors' lasting consequences, including loss of loved ones, humanitarian relief efforts, emotional trauma, and uncertainty about their futures 1.
The Venezuelan diaspora in the US nearly doubled from 2019 to 2024, reaching 1.2 million people 1. Among those affected, Kelly Granado Montano experienced an agonizing wait before her parents were located 57 days after the earthquakes, on August 19, 2024 1. Others channeled their grief into action: Dariela Merchan posted about medical needs on TikTok and received responses from 500 volunteer healthcare workers, then crowdfunded and personally contributed $1,200 to ship medical supplies to Venezuela 1. Alejandro Marquina collected $2,000 for earthquake survivors, while Diana Ramos raised $4,000 to repair her former school 1. Ramos's family faced further devastation when a larger earthquake struck Colombia, where her sister Duneida was affected 1.
Meanwhile, the political landscape has shifted for Venezuelan immigrants in the United States. The US and Venezuela reached an agreement giving the US drilling rights to approximately one-fifth of Venezuela's oil reserves 1. Concurrently, the Trump administration is tightening immigration policies and ending a program that has allowed more than 700,000 Venezuelans to legally reside and work in the country 1.
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