Dispatched Without Due Process

No, it’s not Maduro & Co. we’re talking about. Families and lawyers of Venezuelan migrants arrested in the U.S. and sent to El Salvador are raising alarms: many have no criminal record or ties to Tren de Aragua.

The men sent to do hard labor in a Salvadoran prison with no due process include:

– A tattoo artist seeking asylum who entered legally.
– A teen who got a tattoo in Dallas because he thought it looked cool.
– A 26-year-old whose tattoos his wife says are unrelated to a gang. https://t.co/XwDalyX1RR pic.twitter.com/5mq2qXlXMl
— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) March 18, 2025

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🫓 @EdmundoGU and @MariaCorinaYA kind of address the shipping of Venezuelan deportees to a Bukele prison under the tag of TdA members:

They acknowledge the claims in Trump’s invocation of the AEA and they request a temporary protection regime (ahem, status) for Vz migrants. https://t.co/RTgxOwff2t
— Caracas Chronicles (@CaracasChron) March 17, 2025

Chief Justice John Roberts said impeaching federal judges is "not an appropriate response" to disagreeing with their rulings in a rare statement Tuesday, according to multiple reports. https://t.co/48hneQ69wa
— Axios (@axios) March 18, 2025

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How the U.S. is determining who is an alleged Tren de Aragua (TDA) gang member is unclear.

Under Pres. Trump’s Alien Enemies Act order, Venezuelan migrants 14 or older with suspected TDA ties can be detained and deported without a criminal charge or immigration court proceeding. https://t.co/m0LPQeYD0V
— Camilo Montoya-Galvez (@camiloreports) March 18, 2025

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Bukele and Venezuela’s Obsession With Strongmen

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