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He Came to the U.S. to Support His Sick Child. Then He Disappeared Fr…

Like most of the more than 230 Venezuelan men deported to a Salvadoran prison, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas had followed U.S. immigration rules when he arrived at the Texas border with Mexico. Then Trump rewrote them.

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José Manuel Ramos Bastidas never stepped on the United States. Not in freedom, at least. He left Venezuela in January 2024, hoping to earn enough money to take care of the medical treatment of his newborn son. Because of a congenital respiratory condition, the family’s “miraglito” suffered from a severe asthma condition and required frequent hospitalizations. The cost of treatment was impossible to bear with the low salary that Ramos earned by w…

·Spain
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Like most of the more than 230 Venezuelans deported to a Salvadoran prison, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas followed US immigration rules. But Trump changed the rules.

·New York, United States
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ProPublica broke the news in New York, United States on Friday, July 18, 2025.
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