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.

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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 ...
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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.
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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.
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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 ...
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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.
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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 - 4d
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
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 - 5d
3/19: CBS Evening News

Venezuelan migrant with no criminal record deported to El Salvador; Mexico City bans violent bullfighting
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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 - 6d
‘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 - 4d
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 - 3d
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 - 2d
‘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 - 3d
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 - 5d
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 gang
Financial Times - Mar. 16
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
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 - 1d
Venezuela reaches agreement with US to resume deportations

The Trump administration has reached an agreement with the government of Venezuela that will allow the United States to resume deportations flights of Venezuelan migrants who are in the country ...
NBC News - 17h
Trump spokesperson: 'We played a little game of catch me if you can' on deportations

A White House spokesperson asserted the federal judge who ordered the Trump administration to turn around flights with Venezuelan migrants headed to El Salvador was "too slow." “The president will ...
The Hill - 5d
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 - 6d
Judge blocks Trump from using 18th-century wartime act for deportations

Trump had invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport five Venezuelans, but order halted by judge. Alien Enemies Act: what is it and can Trump use it to deport gang members? Donald Trump ...
The Guardian - Mar. 15
US deports hundreds of Venezuelans despite court order

The White House says it has removed Venezuelan gang members and denies violating a court order.
BBC News - Mar. 17
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 - 6d
‘Deported because of his tattoos’: has the US targeted Venezuelans for their body art?

US claims tattoos prove membership of Tren de Aragua gang but relatives describe tributes to God, family and Real Madrid. . Like many Venezuelans of his generation, Franco José Caraballo Tiapa is a ...
The Guardian - 3d
White House denies violating judge’s order with Venezuela deportations

Trump administration used Alien Enemies Act to deport about 250 alleged gang members to El Salvador. US politics live – latest updates The White House has denied allegations that it engaged in ...
The Guardian - 6d
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 - 3d
Did Trump Officials Defy a Court Order?

A New York Times review of flight data shows how the Trump administration deported about 200 migrants to El Salvador — despite a federal judge’s ruling blocking these deportations. Luke Broadwater, ...
The New York Times - 5d
White House questions authority of judge's verbal order on Venezuelan deportation flights

The White House on Monday cast doubt on the authority of a verbal order from a judge directing the administration to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants out of the country. White House ...
The Hill - 6d
Trump blocked from using wartime law for deportations

A judge ordered a 14-day halt on deporting Venezuelans under a Trump order that declared them enemies.
BBC News - Mar. 16
They crossed the world to reach the US. Now deported under Trump, they're stuck in Panama

Over the past week, Panama's government has released dozens of migrants from around the world who were deported from the U.S. The migrants fled conflict, religious persecution, poverty and ...
ABC News - Mar. 12
Venezuela reaches deal to accept deported migrants from U.S.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro had suspended flights on March 8, after the U.S. Treasury Department announced the withdrawal of Chevron's license to export Venezuelan oil.
CBS News - 4h
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 - 6d
Trump revoking protections for Cubans, Haitians and other migrants

Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans who entered the US under a Biden-era programme face deportation.
BBC 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 - 5d
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 instead
Financial Times - 2d
DOJ again refuses to share info with judge on Venezuelan deportation flights

The Justice Department (DOJ) once again rebuffed a federal judge’s demands to provide a rationale for why it was declining to provide information about deportation flights of Venezuelan migrants. ...
The Hill - 5d
Venezuelan migrant dreams of US national amputee soccer stardom

Juan Carlos Vargas lost a leg in a road accident but that did not stop him from undertaking a perilous journey from his native Venezuela to the United States.Some lost a leg in traffic accidents, ...
Yahoo Sports - 2d

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