Deported makeup artist FREED in prisoner swap with Venezuela
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Lawyers for a 20-year-old Venezuelan asylum seeker who was wrongly deported earlier this year will ask a federal judge in coming days to consider opening criminal contempt proceedings against the Trump administration for “egregious violations” of her orders.
Andry Hernández Romero, a gay makeup artist who sought asylum in the U.S. due to persecution in Venezuela but was deported to a prison in El Salvador, has been released as part of a prisoner swap — but he's being sent back to Venezuela instead of the U.S.
Over 260 people were released from prisons in El Salvador and Venezuela. Now they face the challenge of coming home.
The Venezuelans, labeled terrorists and violent criminals by Trump, had been deported to the notorious CECOT prison, setting off a legal battle over executive power.
A Houston refugee was sent back to Venezuela after months in an El Salvador megaprison, raising concerns over due process and political persecution.