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Lawyers file petition in El Salvador to free Venezuelans deported by U.S.
One of the attorneys said the Venezuelans they represent are not members of the Tren de Aragua gang, had migrated from their country and “don’t have any criminal record.”NBC News - 23h -
Here are the Venezuelans deported by the U.S. to El Salvador
CBS News has obtained an internal government list of the names of the Venezuelans the Trump administration deported to El Salvador.CBS News - 5d -
Venezuelans deported last week included 8 women who were returned to US, filings say
The alleged Venezuelan gang members who were deported to El Salvador last week included eight female detainees who were later returned to the U.S., according to filings.ABC News - 1d -
Families of deported Venezuelans are distraught their loved ones were sent to El Salvador
Relatives of recently deported Venezuelan immigrants said they were anguished and shocked to discover their loved ones were sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador after they recognized them ...NBC News - Mar. 19 -
Venezuelan Families Fear for Relatives as Trump Celebrates Deportations to El Salvador
The news that hundreds of migrants were headed to an El Salvador prison caused panic for some Venezuelans, who worried that their loved ones might be among them.The New York Times - Mar. 17 -
Why the men sent to El Salvador's mega-prison may never make it out
Hundreds of Venezuelans deported to El Salvador from the U.S. may face long or indefinite detention in a prison system known for human rights abuses.NBC News - 5d -
Videos of Shackled Venezuelan Migrants Have History in El Salvador
A video showing rough treatment of deportees over the weekend was an extraordinary depiction by U.S. standards, but not by El Salvador’s.The New York Times - 6d -
Lawyers say some deported by ICE weren't gang members, were targeted for tattoos
In several sworn declarations, attorneys and relatives have pushed back on the Trump administration's deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador.ABC News - 5d -
Trump administration doubles down on stand on deportations to El Salvador
The Trump administration continues to insist it didn't defy a federal judge's order when it failed to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador.CBS News - 2h -
What to know about the El Salvador mega-prison where Trump sent deported Venezuelans
The US has sent hundreds of migrants to El Salvador to be held without trial in Cecot, a controversial prison known for its harsh conditions. The US has sent hundreds of mostly Venezuelan migrants ...The Guardian - 6d -
Family members of migrants deported to El Salvador mega prison speak out
Family members who suspect their loved ones were sent to El Salvador's mega prison fear they are wrongly being accused of being members of a Venezuelan gang. NBC News' Julia Ainsley has the details ...NBC News - Mar. 19 -
US deports 250 alleged gang members to El Salvador despite court ruling to halt flights
Trump invoked 1798 law previously used to detain Japanese Americans in second world war to justify deportations. The US deported more than 250 mainly Venezuelan alleged gang members to El ...The Guardian - Mar. 16 -
Venezuela Says It Will Resume Accepting U.S. Deportation Flights
The Venezuelan government attributed a willingness to receive the flights to the plight of Venezuelan migrants sent to notorious prisons in El Salvador with little to no due process.The New York Times - 3d -
Venezuelan migrant deported from U.S. to El Salvador has no record, docs show
In February, at a routine ICE check-in in Texas, Franco José Caraballo Tiapa was unexpectedly detained, and on Saturday, his wife lost contact with him.CBS News - 5d -
DHS secretary set to visit migrant prison on trip that includes stops in El Salvador
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will visit the prison in El Salvador that took in migrants at the center of the deportation battle playing out in U.S. courts.ABC News - 5h -
Judge orders Trump administration to reveal details of deportation flights to El Salvador
The Trump administration has until noon Tuesday to share details with a federal judge about the deportation flights carrying undocumented Venezuelans with alleged gang ties over the weekend. CBS ...CBS News - Mar. 18 -
Trump faces new legal battle after deporting Venezuelan migrants
President Donald Trump is defending his administration's controversial deportation of around 300 alleged Venezuelan gang members to a prison in El Salvador. The White House claimed authority for ...NBC News - Mar. 17 -
Brown Medicine professor and doctor deported to Lebanon despite having valid visa, court filings claim
A doctor and professor was deported after she returned from a trip to Lebanon despite having a valid U.S. visa, according to a court petition filed on her behalf.NBC News - Mar. 17 -
What is the 1798 law that Trump used to deport migrants?
The wartime Alien Enemies Act has been controversially used to deport Venezuelans to a mega-jail in El Salvador.BBC News - Mar. 17 -
How one photojournalist documented US deportees' arrival in El Salvador
Photojournalist Philip Holsinger talks about documenting Venezuelan migrants flown to El Salvador.ABC News - 18h -
‘He is innocent’: family of deported Venezuelan rebukes Trump claims
Brother of Francisco Javier García Casique spotted him in a video showing scores of Venezuelan prisoners being taken to notorious El Salvador prison. Donald Trump ’s White House has described the ...The Guardian - 6d -
Trump admin live updates: White House asks court to stay deportation flights TRO
Despite a federal judge ordering deportation flights of Venezuelans to cease, video shows more deportees arriving in El Salvador.ABC News - Mar. 16 -
White House touts deportations under Alien Enemies Act after judge block efforts
The Trump administration announced deportations of hundreds of immigrants it alleges are members of a Venezuelan gang to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act.NBC News - Mar. 16 -
Watch live: Leavitt briefs White House press corps after deportations to El Salvador
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief the press and take questions Monday, coming quick on the heels of a weekend effort to deport dozens of Venezuelans. Secretary of State Marco ...The Hill - Mar. 17 -
US deports Venezuelans after judge blocks Trump’s use of wartime law
El Salvador president Nayib Bukele agrees to jail alleged members of Tren de Aragua gangFinancial Times - Mar. 16 -
Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in deportation case
The Justice Dept. invoked a state secrets privilege, refusing to give judge any more information about the deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador.CBS News - 15h -
Tattoo artist who agreed to return to Venezuela was sent to El Salvador prison, family says
The brother of Jhon Chacin, a Venezuelan asylum-seeker, is seeking answers as the Venezuelan government calls for the deportees' release from an El Salvador prison.NBC News - 1d -
Trump waging ‘sickening’ psychological war, deported Venezuelan’s lawyer says
One detained man’s lawyer says he is gay artist who had fled persecution in his home country, not a gang member. A lawyer for one of the Venezuelan immigrants sent from the US to a notorious mega ...The Guardian - Mar. 18 -
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Venezuelan migrant with no criminal record deported to El Salvador; Mexico City bans violent bullfightingCBS News - 4d -
Republican files impeachment against judge who ruled against Trump deportations
Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas) introduced a resolution to impeach U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who over the weekend ordered the Trump administration to halt deportations of Venezuelans whom it ...The Hill - Mar. 18 -
‘We don’t know how any of this will play out’: what’s next for US deportees in El Salvador
Political scientist Mneesha Gellman on the deportees’ fates, dire prison conditions and Bukele-Trump parallels. The Trump administration has flown 238 Venezuelans to an El Salvador prison that ...The Guardian - 6d -
Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s Leader, Sees Opportunity in Trump’s Deportations
President Nayib Bukele’s role in the Trump administration’s deportation strategy signals a new level of power and global visibility for the young leader.The New York Times - Mar. 18 -
Judge blocks Trump admin. from deporting another Columbia student
Lawyers for Yunseo Chung, who came to the U.S. with her family from South Korea at the age of 7, filed a lawsuit seeking to block her arrest and deportation.CBS News - 17h -
Venezuelans sent by Trump to El Salvador had signed paperwork to go home
Families and activists say deportees signed documents to return to Venezuela but were sent to Salvadoran jail insteadFinancial Times - 4d -
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List names Venezuelans deported by Trump to El Salvador prison; New research suggests universe could one day stop expanding and reverse courseCBS News - 4d -
Trump administration claims details of mass deportations are state secrets
Justice department avoids providing US judge information on expulsions of Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador. The Trump administration invoked the “state secrets” privilege to avoid providing ...The Guardian - 22h -
Has the Trump administration violated a court order with deportation of Venezuelan gang members?
Venezuelan gang members were deported from the U.S. under the Trump administration amid a judge issuing a court order against it. NBC News' Danny Cevallos breaks down the legality of the ...NBC News - Mar. 17 -
Rodrigo Duterte’s lawyers call for his return to Philippines after ICC arrest
Daughter accuses government of ‘kidnapping’ ex-president as victims of ‘war on drugs’ express jubilation at arrest. Lawyers for Rodrigo Duterte have demanded that he be returned to Manila in a ...The Guardian - Mar. 12 -
White House denies defying judge's order over deportations to El Salvador
An order to halt the removal of 261 people came too late and had "no legal basis" anyway, the White House says.BBC News - Mar. 17 -
Judge demands answers from White House on deportation flights to El Salvador
Jeb Boasberg instructs Trump administration to explain how refusal to return flights did not violate court order. A federal judge instructed the Trump administration on Thursday to explain why its ...The Guardian - 5d