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 as families say that the deported migrants are being targeted simply because they have tattoos.
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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 - 11h -
Venezuelan Families Fear for Relatives as Trump Celebrates Deportations to El Salvador
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Trump Officials Say Deportees Were Gang Members. So Far, Few Details.
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US deports 250 alleged gang members to El Salvador despite court ruling to halt flights
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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 - 2d -
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 - 1d -
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 - 2d -
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 - 1d -
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 - 2d
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