And another one:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-admin-deports-teen-no-044238859.html
Wilmer Gutiérrez last saw his son the morning of Feb. 24. Later that day, his nephew called to tell him that 19-year-old Merwil Gutiérrez had been arrested just steps from their shared apartment in the Bronx. “The officers grabbed him and two other boys right at the entrance to our building,” he recalled. “One said, ‘No, he’s not the one,’ like they were looking for someone else. But the other said, ‘Take him anyway.’”
He has no criminal record, neither in Venezuela nor the U.S, per the outlet, and does not have any tattoos, which is one of the
criteria ICE officers use to claim migrants are members of the Tren de Aragua gang.
William Parra, an attorney at Inmigración Al Día, the law firm representing his case, says Merwil’s detention was unjustified as he has an immigration court case pending with his father and was taking the proper steps to formalize their situation. “Merwil was detained for hanging out with friends and was at the wrong place at the wrong time. ICE was not looking for him, nor is there any evidence whatsoever that Merwil was in any gang,” said Parra.
Wilmer has struggled to understand why his teenage son was sent to El Salvador’s
Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), a mega-prison tied to allegations of human rights abuses. “I feel like my son was kidnapped,” said Wilmer. “I’ve spent countless hours searching for him, going from one precinct to another, speaking with numerous people who kept referring me elsewhere. Yet, after all this, no one has given me any information or provided a single document about his case.
“I could have understood if he’d been sent back to Venezuela,” he said. “But why to a foreign country he’s never even been to?”
CBS’ 60 Minutes released a report that found 75 percent of the Venezuelans — 179 men —
deported by the Trump administration in March had no apparent criminal record. The migrants — whom the administration claimed had ties to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua — were sent to El Salvador without any due process.
The Department of Homeland Security later admitted it had wrongfully deported
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an innocent man with protected status, to CECOT due to an “
administrative error.” Despite being ordered by the Supreme Court to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return to the U.S., the Trump administration has
openly disregarded the ruling.
From the comments:
Yeah, the dad perfectly captured my confusion: "I could have understood if he’d been sent back to Venezuela. But why to a foreign country he’s never even been to?”
This makes zero sense. He was pursuing legal status and had broken no law. If Trump wanted to terminate his legal status and deport him to Venezuela, I might disagree, but at least this would be justifiable. However, sending him to prison in an unrelated third country makes zero sense. What is he being imprisoned for?
