The Trump administration labeled deported Venezuelan migrants as "the worst of the worst," implying a high rate of serious criminal activity. However, a closer look at the data reveals a different picture.
Out of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador in mid-March, only a small portion had US criminal charges for serious crimes such as murder, rape, or kidnapping. This contradicts the administration's characterization.
Trump administration officials have described the men deported to El Salvador prisons last month as “the worst of the worst,” suggesting they were gang members involved in murder, rape and kidnapping.
The reality is that of 238 migrants — mostly Venezuelan — that officials accused of belonging to the Tren de Aragua gang and expelled to the Central American country in mid-March, just a small fraction had ever been charged with serious crimes in the US.
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