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Pedro Camacho

Secretary of State Rubio Says the U.S. Lost Track of Over 100 Venezuelans Deported Last Year

Secretary of State Marco Rubio (Credit: Photo by MANDEL NGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

The Trump administration has told a federal court that it no longer knows the whereabouts of more than 100 Venezuelan migrants deported last year under a wartime statute, arguing that efforts to provide them with court hearings would undermine U.S. foreign policy interests.

In a sworn declaration filed late Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States has lost track of 137 Venezuelans who were deported under the Alien Enemies Act and later transferred from an El Salvador prison back to Venezuela.

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