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Venezuela Accuses US of Kidnapping 18 Children, Where Are They?
The Venezuelan children were allegedly taken into custody as their parents were detained by ICE, but DHS won’t answer for them
NOTE: Minutes before publishing this in my newsletter, a video posted on X shows seven Venezuelan children being welcomed to Venezuela by Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello and First Lady Cilia Flores. This brings the total of Venezuelan children in DHS custody to 25, down from 32, according to Cabello. Based on the names mentioned in the video, two of the seven children are possibly part of the group of 18: Kendra de los Ángeles Salas Torre (12) and Gloriannys Daniela Molina Machado (1).
I like to think my putting pressure on DHS helped here, but I may never know.
Venezuelan parliament speaker Jorge Rodriguez said in late June that 18 Venezuelan migrant children were separated from their parents by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The children were allegedly taken into custody after their parents were…
