A pair of charter aircraft deposited 352 Venezuelan nationals at the General José Antonio Anzoátegui International Airport in Barcelona, Venezuela on the final day of September, logging entries 174 and 175 in the growing official tally of U.S. repatriation flights that have been operating under the bilateral program relaunched in early 2025.
That twin-flight operation on September 30 carries an unmistakable signal from Washington: the drive to systematically remove Venezuelan migrants from U.S. soil is not decelerating — it is gaining momentum, even as communities in South Florida and Texas say federal enforcement has fundamentally disrupted the texture of daily life.
