Group of Deported Venezuelans Seek to Challenge Expulsion in US Court
Venezuelans once held in El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center call on Washington to comply with a court ruling on due process rights.
U.S. military personnel escort alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and the MS-13 gang recently deported by the U.S. government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, as part of an agreement with the Salvadoran government, in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, on March 30, 2025. Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia/Handout via Reuters
A group of hundreds of Venezuelans, who were held in El Salvador’s maximum security mega-prison before being returned to their home country, on Friday urged the U.S. government to comply with a recent court order and offer them due process in a U.S. court.
In March earlier this year, the group was shipped to El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center after President Donald Trump invoked the 1798 Alien Enemy Act to deport criminal illegal immigrants who were classified as members of the violent Tren de Aragua gang.
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