Horrific Murder of American Child Ignites Travel Ban Effort on South American Country

Republican lawmakers are calling for a “complete and total” moratorium on Venezuelan migration into the U.S. in the wake of the murder of a 12-year-old girl in Texas, allegedly by two Venezuelan illegal immigrants.

In a letter, led by Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, they raise concerns about “violent criminals from Venezuela being released from prisons, embedding themselves into migrant caravans, and traversing into the United States.”

Nehls has written to Mayorkas before about reports that Venezuela is releasing criminals from jails and sending them north to the border. He wrote again in February 2024, warning about the presence of Venezuelan migrant gangs in cities across America.

Now, Nehls and colleagues are writing in the wake of the killing of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray {snip}

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“If you had heeded the warnings in our prior letters, Jocelyn Nungaray, and others, could still be alive. That is not a matter of opinion. It is a fact,” they say.

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“Finally, in the strongest of terms, we implore you to initiate a complete and total moratorium on all Venezuelan migration until they agree to cooperate with deportation requests. Americans have suffered enough at the hands of the Biden Administration,” they say.

Officials are currently limited from deporting illegal immigrants to Venezuela after the country in January stopped accepting deportation flights from the U.S. and Mexico. {snip}

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