A US airforce plane landed in El Salvador carrying 17 Venezuelans suspected of being gang members.
Despite a court order stopping the US from deporting individuals to countries other than their own until they have the chance to request safety measures, the Trump administration has still carried out the deportation. They argue that this was justified.
Activists claim that authorities are sending these individuals to a prison notorious for human rights abuses, while barely providing any evidence to support that they are gang members.
The Venezuelan nationals were expelled from the US in March, following Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. This law grants the president wartime powers and allows non-citizens to deport without following due process procedures.
There remains an unresolved issue regarding the status of these deportees, including whether and how they may ever be able to secure their release from prison, as they are not serving sentences.
Despite a court order stopping the US from deporting individuals to countries other than their own until they have the chance to request safety measures, the Trump administration has still carried out the deportation. They argue that this was justified.
Activists claim that authorities are sending these individuals to a prison notorious for human rights abuses, while barely providing any evidence to support that they are gang members.
The Venezuelan nationals were expelled from the US in March, following Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. This law grants the president wartime powers and allows non-citizens to deport without following due process procedures.
There remains an unresolved issue regarding the status of these deportees, including whether and how they may ever be able to secure their release from prison, as they are not serving sentences.
Source: http://www.africanews.com/2025/04/01/us-authorities-deport-more-venezuelans-to-el-salvador/
