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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Alexandra Villarreal in San Antonio

Venezuelans with legal status are being illegally detained in the US, lawyers say

people hold signs that read 'we care about immigrants' and 'abolish ice'
People protest outside an immigration detention facility in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on 3 March 2025. Photograph: Kena Betancur/View press/Corbis via Getty Images

Venezuelans with legal permission to live and work in the United States are being unlawfully arrested by federal authorities at their homes, in their cars, at regular immigration check-ins and on the streets, attorneys say.

They are then stuck in immigration detention around the country, sometimes for weeks, despite the law explicitly banning the government from keeping them behind bars.

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