; and (B) there was a 60-percent increase in the maternal mortality rate. (6) According to the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner, Venezuelan intelligence and security forces have increasingly used arbitrary arrests and detentions to repress and intimidate civil society, political opponents, and any voices of dissent. (7) Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, stated, The failure to hold security forces accountable for such serious human rights violations suggests that the rule of law is virtually absent in Venezuela. . (8) According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, since 2014 more than 1,500,000 Venezuelans have fled the country for reasons including violence, political oppression, and the ongoing humanitarian crisis. 3. Sense of Congress It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) Venezuela’s economic, humanitarian, security, and refugee crisis has resulted in extraordinary and temporary conditions that currently prevent Venezuelan nationals from safely returning to Venezuela