Venezuelans Deported To El Salvador Are Getting Cases Dismissed And Advocates Say It's To 'Complete Their Disappearance'

US judge dismisses asylum case of gay makeup artist deported to El Salvador prison

A federal immigration judge has dismissed the asylum case of Andry Hernández Romero, a gay makeup artist who was deported to El Salvador’s CECOT prison earlier this year. The decision, delivered on Tuesday, May 27, is one of at least 14 dismissals involving Venezuelans sent to the facility under the Alien Enemies Act.Hernández Romero was secretly deported by the Trump administration without warning in March while waiting for an asylum hearing at…

Immigration as a Political Weapon

By William Camacaro  –  May 28, 2025 Although the primary victims of El Salvador’s neo-fascist prison system are the Salvadorans themselves. Hundreds of migrants have been illegally deported by the US to these infamous prisons, currently there are approximately 110,000 prisoners across the country; approximately 85,000 of these prisoners have been arrested since the start of the state of exception, an emergency measure that has been renewed 36 t…

Immigration judge dismisses asylum case of gay Venezuelan deported to Salvadoran supermax prison

A federal immigration judge in California has dismissed the asylum case of Andry Hernández Romero, a 32-year-old gay Venezuelan makeup artist who was secretly deported by the Trump administration to El Salvador’s CECOT prison earlier this year.Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter. The decision, issued Tuesday in San Diego, is one of at least 14 recent dismissals involving Venezuelans se…

The records of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security reveal that more than half of the 238 deportees were classified only as violators of immigration laws and had no criminal record in the United States.

Last Tuesday, Judge Paula Dixon of San Diego, California, dismissed the asylum application of Andry Hernández Romero, a Venezuelan immigrant who arrived in the United States last year in search of asylum, alleging persecution for his sexual orientation and political beliefs. He has now been detained for more than 75 days in the Salvadoran maximum security prison (CECOT), after being deported by the Trump Administration under the law of Foreign E…

Judge dismisses asylum case for gay makeup artist deported to Salvadorian prison

A judge has dismissed an asylum case for Andry Hernandez Romero, a gay makeup artist who was deported to a prison in El Salvador. Hernandez Romero was deported based on the government's contention that his tattoos linked him to a Venezuelan gang. NBC News' David Noriega has more on the decision.