US: U.S. secures access to Venezuelan oil while continuing to deport its citizens.

Shotlist Doral, Florida, USA - Recent 1. Various of Venezuelan community members getting together 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish dubbed in English) Diner Viloria, Venezuelan living in Florida: "I think the deal is good, very good. The problem of conditions is being done. The resource is in the ground. They can take it out, they can extract it. But the benefit for us now, deal aside, we're being mistreated in this country." 3. Freddy Osio, another Venezuelan living in Florida, speaking in interview 4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish dubbed in English) Freddy Osio, another Venezuelan living in Florida: "Better 10 percent of something than 100 percent of nothing. Because now Venezuela has something to work with, to pay debts, to fix the infrastructure, which is in chaos -- the hospitals, the lives of Venezuelans, which have hit the rock bottom." 5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish dubbed in English) Diner Viloria, Venezuelan living in Florida: "I was pumping gas. They didn't ask me anything. My case just terminated. No right to speak, nothing. They took me." 6. Viloria pulling open car door, entering sedan Storyline The United States has secured access to some of Venezuela's massive oil reserves, but for Venezuelans living in the U.S., the deal offers little comfort as they continue to face the threat of deportation. In Doral, Florida, home to the largest Venezuelan community in the United States, people have spent years watching their country from a distance. Now they're watching Washington take a stake in its oil industry, and the reaction is anything but simple. "I think the deal is good, very good. The problem of conditions is being done. The resource is in the ground. They can take it out, they can extract it. But the benefit for us now, deal aside, we're being mistreated in this country," said Diner Viloria, a Venezuelan living in Florida. The deal gives U.S. companies access to roughly 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan crude, a reserve that nearly matches America's own. "Better 10 percent of something than 100 percent of nothing. Because now Venezuela has something to work with, to pay debts, to fix the infrastructure, which is in chaos -- the hospitals, the lives of Venezuelans, which have hit the rock bottom," said Freddy Osio, another Venezuelan living in Florida. Osio has lived in the U.S. for 25 years. He said a neglected oil field earns nothing, and something is better than the nothing Venezuelans have lived on. But for others here, the math does not hold, because they are paying a cost that never shows up on a balance sheet. Viloria spent three and a half months inside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Jacksonville. His wife and young son waited. "I was pumping gas. They didn't ask me anything. My case just terminated. No right to speak, nothing. They took me," Viloria said. He has been released now, still fighting his case. He is one of the thousands of Venezuelans in Florida who lost their protected status earlier this year and now face continued immigration enforcement across South Florida. Washington calls its oil pact a partnership with the Venezuelan people. But in Doral, Venezuelans have lost their temporary protected status, and people are still being picked up. For Viloria and many others, the promise of the deal remains distant while the threat of deportation remains all too real. [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]