Trinidad and Tobago, in a deepening diplomatic row with Caracas over US military activity in the Caribbean, was on Tuesday mulling a "mass deportation" of undocumented migrants -- most of whom are Venezuelans -- from its territory.

Tensions have grown between Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago over support for US military action in the Caribbean.

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro has ordered the immediate suspension of a major natural-gas agreement with Trinidad and Tobago, accusing the Caribbean nation of aligning itself with the United States after it received a U.

As a U.S. warship docked in Trinidad & Tobago for what the country's government called “training exercises,” Venezuela lashed out, accusing T&T Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar of acting like a “military colony.”

A U.S. military ship on Sunday docked in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, amid tensions in the Caribbean sparked by U.S. military action against boats accused of attempting to smuggle fentanyl