Washington Unleashes a Witch Hunt Against Venezuelan Migrants
A Venezuelan migrant, 2025. X/ @VaniaAvila
March 24, 2025 Hour: 12:51 pm
Even migrants who have been working legally are in a state of panic due to the ongoing persecution, Minister Ñañez denounced.
On Monday, Venezuelan Communication Minister Freddy Ñañez denounced xenophobic and discriminatory attitudes against Venezuelan migrants in the United States.
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“There is a witch hunt against Venezuelans. It starts by targeting the young man with tattoos, the dark-skinned young man, or the hardworking young woman, but this hunt is expanding,” he said.
The Bolivarian minister referred to the 1789 Alien Enemies Act, which U.S. President Donald Trump invoked to deport over 200 people to El Salvador, accusing them of belonging to the Aragua Train, a criminal organization that Venezuelan authorities had already fought and dismantled some time ago.
“In the United States, many Venezuelans who have been living and working legally for many years no longer leave their homes because they are in a state of terror and panic due to the persecution,” Ñañez said, referring to recent testimonies from his compatriots.
“This is a consequence of the war decree that Trump has signed against Venezuela,” he said, specifying that the 1789 law has allowed “the kidnapping and violation of all human rights of Venezuelans,” who were “sold” to El Salvador “without a prior trial, without the right to defense.”
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele “is simply an accident of politics and a petty Central American dictator who, with a lot of ‘marketing,’ has tried to position himself as an efficient politician,” Ñañez said, denouncing that the Venezuelan far right is directly advising Bukele.
The Bolivarian minister also denounced that the deported Venezuelans were imprisoned in high-security prisons for gang members. He specified that the United States will give the Bukele regime around US$6 million to keep the Venezuelan migrants detained for a year.
Meanwhile, on Monday, 199 Venezuelans deported from the U.S. returned to their country on a CONVIASA flight as part of the “Return to the Homeland” program, through which Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro seeks to guarantee the safe and dignified repatriation of his compatriots.
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Souce: EFE
