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Allies of deported Venezuelans accuse White House of waging ‘sickening’ campaign against migrants


One detained man’s lawyer says he is gay artist who had fled persecution in his home country, not a gang member

A lawyer for one of the Venezuelan immigrants sent from the US to a notorious mega prison in El Salvador has accused the Trump administration of waging a “sickening” campaign of psychological warfare against asylum seekers and migrants.

“In my 15 years of representing people in removal proceedings in the United States, this is the most shocking thing that I’ve ever seen happen to one of our clients,” said Lindsay Toczylowski, a California-based lawyer for the Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef) group.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/18/trump-venezuela-migrants-deportated-el-salvador

Author : Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent

Publish date : 2025-03-18 18:55:00

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