Rubio blocks options to aid deported Venezuelans amid U.S.-Venezuela tensions
TL;DR
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States cannot retrieve 137 Venezuelan men deported in March after Trump invoked wartime powers, and that remote bond hearings would be infeasible due to witness identity concerns and ongoing talks with Venezuela’s new leadership; the men were sent to Venezuela following a prisoner swap, and DOJ plans to seek appellate relief to counter a judge’s order, as U.S.-Venezuela relations remain delicate under acting president Delcy Rodríguez.
- Rubio rejects judge’s options for Venezuelans illegally deported from US Politico
- Rubio says US does not know whereabouts of 137 Venezuelans deported under the Alien Enemies Act CNN
- US Says Venezuela ‘Instability’ Bars Hearings Over Migrant Fight Bloomberg.com
- Trump admin says Maduro capture reinforces Alien Enemies Act removals Fox News
- Rubio says court hearings no longer possible for deported Venezuelans The Washington Post
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