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Ilya Somin

Trump's Alien Enemies Act Deportees Sent Back to Venezuela in Shameful Hostage Deal [Updated]

A prison guard transfers Alien Enemies Act deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador. Mar. 16, 2025. (El Salvador Presidential Press Office)

 

Some 252 Venezuelans illegally deported by the Trump Administration to imprisonment in El Salvador have now been sent back to Venezuela, in exchange for the release of ten Americans detained by the Venezuelan government. Trump had invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to do the deportations.

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