A scorecard attached to the immigration service’s ‘Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide’ revealed that merely having a tattoo or clothes thought to indicate gang membership is enough to get a Venezuelan citizen deported from the US. On taking power, Trump sent a special envoy to Maduro, to assure him that the US was no longer interested in regime change in Caracas, and to broker a deal for migrants to be deported direct to Venezuela. What’s in this for Bukele, apart from the $20,000 he’s said to receive for taking each of these ‘criminals’ and (in Trump’s words) giving them ‘such a wonderful place to live’?
Author: John Perry
Published at: 2025-04-09 22:51:45
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