Posted on 03/19/2025 8:17:46 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
MIAMI (AP) — Franco Caraballo called his wife Friday night, crying and panicked. Hours earlier, the 26-year-old barber and dozens of other Venezuelan migrants at a federal detention facility in Texas were dressed in white clothes, handcuffed and taken onto a plane. He had no idea where he was going.
Twenty-four hours later, Caraballo’s name disappeared from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s online detainee locator.
On Monday, his wife, Johanny Sánchez, learned Caraballo was among more than 200 Venezuelan immigrants flown over the weekend to El Salvador, where they are in a maximum-security prison after being accused by the Trump administration of belonging to the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang.
Sánchez insists her husband isn’t a gang member. She struggles even to find logic in the accusation.
Flights by U.S. immigration authorities set off a frantic scramble among terrified families after hundreds of immigrants vanished from ICE’s online locator.
Some turned up at that massive El Salvador prison, where visitors, recreation and education are not allowed.
But many families have no idea where to find their loved ones. El Salvador has no online database to look up inmates, and families there often struggle to get information.
Sánchez is among those who believes the American dream has turned ugly. She wants to leave the U.S. once she finds her husband.
“We fled Venezuela for a better future. We never imagined things would be worse.”
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GO HOME parasites.
Can't find him because Venezuela has not ability to track? not my problem. Here's an idea...go back home and find him yourself.
Too bad, so sad.
“disappeared from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s online detainee locator”
Might want to check with El Salvador’s prisoner list.
“he didn’t do nuffin”
Why did the article fail to mention his immigration status? Did his wife even show the reporter the paperwork?
The wife is always the last to know.
The fake news doesn’t realize how much this story is going to help us deport these people. After reading this many will self deport.
Not true...they do exercise and learn religious songs
AP
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I doubt that. After their name is probably a simple one-word notation: Deported.
Why was he in jail in Texas?
AP never disappoints. Always pity pieces for America’s enemies.
Very often, spouses and families are covers for a criminal.
They had the most developed country in South America. Their apathy got Hugo Chavez elected, and the rest is history.
Not our problem.
I have no doubt she's full of it.
You beat me to it. AP is actually doing this country a great service. I just hope they have it published in a Spanish version.
They are welcome to voluntarily deport. Use the CBP Home App and you can be on your way.
It’s nice that the AP went from defending Hamas to defending illegals it’s so cute
Simply impose devastating and punishing fines for any business or person caught hiring an illegal alien, that will instantly cure the problem. ( similar to how CA treats anyone caught cheating on a car smog test, they will never do that again).... not working ? Two week visa enforced
PROBLEM SOLVED
That falls under the category of $hit happens.
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