Secretary of homeland security Kristi Noem has refused to discuss the fate of a gay hairdresser with no criminal record, who was deported to a brutal mega prison in El Salvador under the US government’s crackdown on alleged Venezuelan gang members. The makeup artist, who fled Venezuela last summer, where he worked at a state-owned TV station, had been detained under the Biden administration after border officers suspected him of being a Tren de Aragua gang member — something he repeatedly denied. Romero was abruptly moved on March 6 or March 7 to a detention center in Texas. She maintained he was not a gang member.
Immigration attorneys say a gay Venezuelan makeup artist seeking asylum in the U.S. was wrongly identified as a gang member and deported to El Salvador—a case becoming a flashpoint in the debate. The administration insists it did its due diligence and had sufficient intelligence before deporting any alleged gang members. His asylum request claimed that he was a victim of persecution in Venezuela for his political beliefs and sexual orientation. At the centre, "he was flagged as a security risk for the sole reason of his tattoos", his lawyer wrote in a statement.
Andry Hernandez Romero, a gay Venezuelan makeup artist, was deported to El Salvador and is detained in a dangerous prison, raising concerns about human rights violations. A report approved by the police-officer-turned-prison-contractor claimed the Venezuelan man was a member of the notorious gang Tren de Aragua. But the credibility of Charles Cross Jr. He appealed the decision and resigned in the process, according to the department.
Rachel Maddow reported Thursday night that a young gay Venezuelan man, deported without due process under a Trump administration directive, has been identified publicly for the first time. Robert Garcia wants answers from a private detention center contractor and the federal officials who handled the deportation of a year-old gay Venezuelan asylum seeker featured in a USA TODAY story earlier in April. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. As part of Garcia's letter, he cited the investigative report that revealed a former Milwaukee police officer with credibility questions worked for CoreCivic.