Judge James Boasberg gave until January 5 for the US Executive to present a plan to allow immigrants to return to the United States or be allowed to plead their case in front of a judge. Venezuelans demanded that they guarantee “dignified and appropriate” return conditions and urged to review the deportation and reception protocols
A group of 252 Venezuelans sent by the United States to a maximum security prison in El Salvador asked this Friday, December 26, for guarantees to attend a hearing ordered by a federal judge in the North American nation, after determining that the Government of President Donald Trump denied due process to these migrants who are now free.
“We demand that the authorities of that country really create the conditions that allow us to participate in the hearing without putting our integrity and our lives at risk again,” said in a letter the group of migrants who were repatriated to their country on July 18 after four months of detention in the Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot) of El Salvador.
In addition, they demanded that the United States guarantee “dignified and appropriate” return conditions and that these events are not repeated, for which they urged to review the deportation and reception protocols.
“We hope that this resolution by the United States judge marks the beginning of a just and humane solution to our situation and sets a precedent for the protection of millions of migrants,” the group added in the letter read before the press by a returnee who did not identify himself.
Norberto Aguilar, one of the migrants deported to El Salvador last March, recounted during the press conference having been beaten at Cecot.
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For his part, Arturo Suárez maintained that the Maduro administration has provided help with psychological therapies but that it has not been easy to reintegrate into society because, he said, “physical blows heal but mental ones do not.”
“So we are struggling with a lot of anxiety, problems sleeping, eating problems,” he added.
On Monday, a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration denied due process to nearly 200 Venezuelans it deported to a high-security prison in El Salvador and ordered that they be given the opportunity to have a hearing.
Judge James Boasberg gave until January 5 for the US Executive to present a plan to allow immigrants to return to the United States or be allowed to plead their case in front of a judge.
The judge also certified a class action lawsuit, which paves the way for all migrants sent to Cecot last March to challenge their designation as foreign enemies of the United States.
After months of pressure from the immigrants’ families, the Venezuelans were sent to their native country last July in a hostage exchange between the US and the Maduro administration.
With information from the EFE agency
*Journalism in Venezuela is carried out in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments in place to punish the word, especially the laws “against hate”, “against fascism” and “against the blockade.” This content was written taking into consideration the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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