Rubio further said the administration will not allow the country to become a home for foreign nationals who support anti-American terrorist regimes.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the members of the media on the day of a briefing for the House of Representatives on the situation in Venezuela, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 7, 2026.
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