Trump Deported Venezuelans Who Aren’t Gang Members, Lawyers Say

In this photo released by the El Salvador Presidency, buses arrive at the Terrorism Containment Center maximum security prison with deported individuals from the US, on March 16.
Source: El Salvador Presidency

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By David Voreacos

March 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM UTC

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Not all of the hundreds of Venezuelans deported last weekend by the Trump administration are gang members, according to lawyers challenging the US move that whisked them out of the country.

President Donald Trump went after members of the Tren de Aragua gang through a March 15 proclamation that referred to “alien enemies” who are “conducting irregular warfare and undertaking hostile actions” against the US at the direction of the Venezuelan government.