Trump Says Venezuela Agreed to Take Illegal Immigrants Back, Pay for Transportation

That includes Tren de Aragua gang members, the president says.

Illegal immigrants from Venezuela, who boarded a bus in Texas, wait to be transported to a local church by volunteers after being dropped off outside the residence of Vice President Kamala Harris, at the Naval Observatory in Washington on Sept. 15, 2022. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump said on Feb. 1 that Venezuela has agreed to receive all Venezuelan illegal immigrants arrested inside the United States and provide for their transportation to their home country.

“Venezuela has agreed to receive, back into their country, all Venezuela illegal aliens who were encamped in the U.S., including gang members of Tren de Aragua,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “Venezuela has further agreed to supply the transportation back.”