Venezuela says it will resume accepting U.S. deportation flights
Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro has called for the return of Venezuelan migrants sent by US to El Salvador. Maduro’s comments come after the Central American country’s President Nayib Bukele said that the migrants were transferred to the CECOT prison in the country. The US had earlier invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to target alleged members of a violent Venezuelan prison gang.
A judge is seeking a sworn declaration from the Justice Department
A US judge has ordered the Department of Justice to make a sworn declaration by Tuesday about how it deported hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members despite his order to turn them around. He asked the DOJ to answer repeatedly questions about when the deportation flights took off, and exactly who was on board the planes. President Trump signed a proclamation invoking Alien Enemies Act.