At dusk on Wednesday, a small group of Venezuelans gathered outside the vacant Salvadoran embassy in Caracas, holding a quiet vigil for their loved ones detained in El Salvador.
The temporary program allows Venezuelans to work lawfully in the U.S. and avoid deportation while their country is riddled with crime and unrest.
A federal judge ordered to postpone DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's order to terminate the temporary protected status of hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants.
On a Thursday morning last month, immigration agents knocked on the door of Leonel Echavez' Dallas home looking for someone else. Despite an upcoming immigration hearing, the 19-year-old Venezuelan was taken into custody for questioning about his tattoos.
Some Massachusetts families are experiencing a reprieve from the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration while others are left in limbo.
Attorneys for the more than 200 Venezuelans deported to an El Salvador prison say immigration agents used a seemingly arbitrary check-list form to tally points to determine if the migrants belonged to Trend de Aragua.
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