News Summary

Author: Jesús Maturana
Published on: 16/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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More than 250 Venezuelans have been deported by the United States and sent to El Salvador, where they were transferred to a maximum security prison. The Trump administration accused them of being members of the Tren de Agua criminal gang, invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport them. Growing danger in Venezuela linked to kidnapping, extortion, organized crime and contract killings. The Alien Enemies Act requires a president to declare the United States is at war. It was last used to justify the detention of Japanese-American civilians during World War II. The ACLU filed the lawsuit that led to Boasberg's temporary restraining order on deportations. "Basically any Venezuelan citizen in the US may be removed on pretext of belonging to Tren de Aragua, with no chance at defence," a human rights group warns. Boasberg barred those Venezuelans' deportations Saturday morning when the suit was filed. He noted that the law has never before been used outside of a congressionally-declared war. In January, Trump signed an executive order declaring Tren de Aragua and MS-13 as foreign terrorist organisations. A recent report suggests that ICE agents have deported fewer immigrants in February 2025 than in the same month of the previous year. The agreement between the US and El Salvador is a sign of strengthening diplomatic ties.

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