US President Trump says Venezuela to accept deported migrants, including gang members
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Feb 1, 2025, 10.03 PM IST
US President Donald Trump on Saturday said that Venezuela has agreed to accept illegal migrants deported from the United States, including the gang members.
"Venezuela has agreed to receive, back into their Country, all Venezuela illegal aliens who were encamped in the US, including gang members of Tren de Aragua," Trump said on his platform Truth Social, as he hailed the return Friday of six Americans detained in Venezuela.
Trump's claim comes a day after he sent an envoy to Venezuela to warn leftist leader Nicolas Maduro to accept the unconditional return of deported Venezuelans or face consequences.
Richard Grenell, an outspoken ally of Trump who serves in a broad role as envoy for special missions, traveled to Caracas to speak to Maduro as the new administration vows to push a hard line.
Trump has made deporting undocumented people in the United States a top priority. During his campaign, he described immigrants as "poisoning the blood" of the United States. Since his return, he has pressed countries to take back deportees a top priority for secretary of state Marco Rubio as he starts a five-nation tour of Latin America on Saturday.
In his first week back in the White House, Trump vowed crushing tariffs on Colombia, a longstanding US ally, after its president called for more humane treatment of repatriated citizens.
The Trump administration quickly ended protections from deportation for more than 600,000 Venezuelans living in the United States under protected status.
Trump also signed a law making it easier to detain migrants who commit crimes, named after 22-year-old Laken Riley, a nursing student murdered by an undocumented Venezuelan migrant who had been arrested twice but released before her killing.
"Venezuela has agreed to receive, back into their Country, all Venezuela illegal aliens who were encamped in the US, including gang members of Tren de Aragua," Trump said on his platform Truth Social, as he hailed the return Friday of six Americans detained in Venezuela.
Trump's claim comes a day after he sent an envoy to Venezuela to warn leftist leader Nicolas Maduro to accept the unconditional return of deported Venezuelans or face consequences.
Richard Grenell, an outspoken ally of Trump who serves in a broad role as envoy for special missions, traveled to Caracas to speak to Maduro as the new administration vows to push a hard line.
Trump has made deporting undocumented people in the United States a top priority. During his campaign, he described immigrants as "poisoning the blood" of the United States. Since his return, he has pressed countries to take back deportees a top priority for secretary of state Marco Rubio as he starts a five-nation tour of Latin America on Saturday.
In his first week back in the White House, Trump vowed crushing tariffs on Colombia, a longstanding US ally, after its president called for more humane treatment of repatriated citizens.
The Trump administration quickly ended protections from deportation for more than 600,000 Venezuelans living in the United States under protected status.
Trump also signed a law making it easier to detain migrants who commit crimes, named after 22-year-old Laken Riley, a nursing student murdered by an undocumented Venezuelan migrant who had been arrested twice but released before her killing.