Venezuela says it will start accepting repatriation flights from the U.S. again

Venezuela has announced that it will resume accepting flights of its citizens who are deported by U.S. immigration authorities. Jorge Rodríguez, the president of Venezuela’s National Assembly, stated that migration is not a crime and that repatriation flights would begin again as early as Sunday. This decision follows the deportation of 238 Venezuelans to El Salvador in March, with President Nicolás Maduro calling for their return and disputing the claims of gang connections made by the U.S. government. The Trump administration deported 137 people under the Alien Enemies Act and 101 under regular immigration proceedings. Venezuela had stopped accepting repatriation flights in March, but last week Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned of further sanctions unless the country resumed accepting migrants.

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