US EditionDetainees at the Bluebonnet detention center send an ‘SOS’ signal
- Thirty-One Venezuelan men detained at the Bluebonnet immigrant facility in Anson, Texas, spelled out 'SOS' in the yard on April 21, signaling distress over deportations.
- The Trump administration accused certain detainees of affiliation with the Venezuelan gang known as Tren de Aragua and pursued their removal from the U.S. By invoking the Alien Enemies Act, a wartime statute dating back to the 18th century.
- A Supreme Court injunction temporarily halted the deportations on April 19 after the ACLU filed a complaint arguing the men were wrongly labeled and lacked proper due process.
- The Bluebonnet facility, run by Management and Training Corporation and housing up to 1,000 detainees, has detained these men, some wearing red jumpsuits that mark high-risk status.
- The halted deportations offer a temporary reprieve, but detainees still face possible transfer to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison if the Supreme Court lifts its stay.
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Trump admin hits back after alleged Ten de Aragua gangbangers spelled out ‘SOS’ in detention yard
The 31 red and orange jumpsuit-clad detainees were first seen waving to the Reuters drone while socializing and playing soccer in an outside recreational area surrounded by razor wire fencing before getting into a formation to spell out "SOS."
‘SOS’: Detainees send distress signal from migrant detention center
Detainees created an SOS message at the Bluebonnet Detention Center in Texas. The detention center houses detainees including migrants accused of being gang members and facing deportation under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act before the Supreme Court issued a temporary block in April.
Viral picture of migrants forming 'SOS' brings national attention to Anson's Bluebonnet Detention Facility
ANSON, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) - A viral picture of migrants forming the letters 'SOS' in the yard of a detention facility in Anson is getting national attention. News outlet Reuters flew a drone over the Bluebonnet Detention Facility on E 2nd Street April 28 and took the picture, which shows 31 men standing in formation for the drone. Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under 18th-century wartime law This comes one week after a grou…
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