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Central Florida\u2019s Venezuelan community is seeking help in the wake of last month\u2019s rare twin earthquakes that devastated their homeland.<\/p>\n

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On June 24, 7.5 and 7.2 magnitude earthquakes struck the South American country and have caused more than 2,200 deaths so far, officials said this week, with thousands more still missing in the rubble.<\/p>\n

Casa De Venezuela Orlando, a nonprofit that helps the Venezuelan community, is looking for donations of non perishable foods, medical supplies and personal hygiene products, said founder William Diaz.<\/p>\n

The group has partnered with Bravo Supermarkets, at which Central Floridians can drop off any food supplies at any of the chain\u2019s 11 stores. Residents can also leave medical supplies, first aid kits, canned food, hygiene and sanitation products inside cardboard boxes located inside the stores.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also seeking donations online to fund the construction tools and equipment needed for repair and rescue, Diaz said. As of Thursday the organization has raised over $22,600 on their way to their goal of $75,000.<\/p>\n

An Amazon wish list where residents can buy items that will ship directly to the country can be found at\u00a0www.cdvorlando.org\/earthquake-venezuela#bravo<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter 27 years of dictatorship, those poor guys had no equipment,\u201d Diaz said of his native Venezuela. \u201cThey even had their shoes, clothes and uniforms in poor condition, so we are organizing to help collect them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Venezuela had been led by former President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro from 2013 until his ouster in January, when the United States captured him during a midnight raid and transferred him to New York to face federal indictments on narco-terrorism and drug trafficking charges. He was replaced by acting president Delcy Rodr\u00edguez.<\/p>\n

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Before Maduro\u2019s ouster, the country had been struggling after decades of hyperinflation, corruption scandals and food crisis.<\/p>\n

But the earthquakes leave Venezuelan immigrants \u2014 already in limbo after they were stripped of their protections against deportation, in further turmoil \u2014 Diaz said.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration ended the temporary protected status, or TPS, for over 600,000 Venezuelans in the U.S. last year, the majority of whom live in Florida, The move leaves them\u00a0 vulnerable to deportation back to a country in chaos after a natural disaster.<\/p>\n

Already, more than 100 Venezuelan deportees are missing after their hotel collapsed in the quake just hours after arriving from the U.S.<\/p>\n

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The TPS program was created in the 1990s specifically to protect migrants whose home nations were unsafe due to armed conflict and natural disasters.<\/p>\n

Diaz along with other advocates across the country are asking for the Trump administration to reinstate TPS for Venezuelans or give them a deferred deportation program.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know it\u2019s not going to be easy but we need to fight for it,\u201d Diaz said. \u201cDo they really want to help our people or are they going to abandon us?\u201d<\/p>\n

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