Trump’s Immigration Policies Push Venezuelan Migrants to Risk ‘Self-Deportation’

Written by on May 26, 2025

They climbed onto the boat on Panama’s Caribbean Coast, around 40 people in all, their belongings stuffed in garbage bags and their children clinging tight to them for the arduous trip ahead.

They were not defying the U.S. government by moving toward the border. They were heading back to Venezuela — doing exactly what American officials want them to do — even though it meant facing threats of robbery, kidnapping and a dangerous crossing once again.

“It’s a broken dream,” said Junior . . .



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