How Trump could finally kick Tren de Aragua out of the US after Biden admin stopped deporting Venezuelans
More than 800,000 Venezuelan migrants have poured into the US in the last four years, including hundreds of members of the brutal prison gang Tren de Aragua.But, the Biden administration gave up trying to deport the criminals and gangbangers in January after the Venezuelan government stopped accepting deportation flights from the US.It’s a problem President-elect Donald Trump will have to solve in order to make good on his promise of mass deportations.Tom Homan, the man Trump has tapped as his border czar to lead the lead the deportation and border security efforts said the incoming administration has a lot of leverage to force Venezuela to start acception deportations — including threatening even more sanctions and withholding aid, which totaled $209 million last year.“He got El Salvador to take back MS-13, he got Mexico to agree to the Remain in Mexico program.So I got faith in President Trump to work with the president of Venezuela,” said Homan.Venezuelan has been one of the biggest sources of migrants traveling to the US.
Millions of Venezuelans have left their home country in recent years, fleeing the corruption and economic collapse brought on by the communist regime of President Nicolás Maduro.The Biden admin instituted policies to give Venezuelans temporary protected status, which shields them from deportation and fast-tracks work permits — making the journey even more attractive.Tren de Aragua saw an opportunity with the influx of Venezuelans into the US and began to pose as asylum seekers as they sneaked into the country.Many members avoided getting the gang’s signature tattoos to go undetected when crossing the border.Former acting ICE chief Ron Vitiello, who served during Trump’s first term, said the gang only began to show up on the radar of border authorities and local cops during the Biden administration.“There hasn’t been an arrest of a Tren de Aragua member in reported CBP data before 2021.
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