Isabela Dias

2 weeks ago | charlotteobserver.com | Isabela Dias

Julio Zambrano Perez of Davidson, North Carolina, was deported to an El Salvador prison because of alleged gang ties and a criminal record, according to reporting from Mother Jones. Courtesy Luz Zambrano On February 7, Luz Zambrano gave birth to her second child, Alana Samantha. She hadn't expected to do so without her husband, Julio Zambrano Perez, by her side.

2 weeks ago | motherjones.com | Isabela Dias

On February 7, Luz Zambrano gave birth to her second child, Alana Samantha. She hadn’t expected to do so without her husband, Julio Zambrano Perez, by her side. But Luz went into labor only days after US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained Zambrano Perez, during a routine check-in appointment. Weeks later, the Trump administration sent him, along with 237 other Venezuelan men, to a mega-prison in El Salvador. Luz has been left lost and confused.

2 weeks ago | motherjones.com | Pema Levy |Isabela Dias

In a Monday evening ruling, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to resume the removals of Venezuelan migrants accused of being members of the Tren de Aragua gang under the unprecedented use of the wartime Alien Enemies Act. The decision, lifting a district court’s temporary restraining order halting the removals, was 5-4, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett joining the Democratic appointees in dissent. The ruling is a significant win for the Trump administration.

2 weeks ago | motherjones.com | Isabela Dias

What happens to the Venezuelans sent to El Salvador now? In March, President Donald Trump invoked the wartime Alien Enemies Act—last used during World War II—to detain and remove alleged members of the gang Tren de Aragua without due process. The administration sent 238 men to a mega-prison in El Salvador as part of a million-dollar deal with El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele. The move was in defiance of a court order blocking the deportations and instructing planes to be turned around.

4 weeks ago | motherjones.com | Noah Lanard |Isabela Dias

On Friday, March 14, Arturo Suárez Trejo called his wife, Nathali Sánchez, from an immigration detention center in Texas. Suárez, a 33-year-old native of Caracas, Venezuela, explained that his deportation flight had been delayed. He told his wife he would be home soon. Suárez did not want to go back to Venezuela. Still, there was at least a silver lining: In December, Sánchez had given birth to their daughter, Nahiara.