Andry José Hernández Romero tells his story of horrific prison abuse to out California Democrat Mark Takano
“What the American government did to Andry and others is a stain on the moral fabric of our nation,” Takano says.
September 8, 2025
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“What the American government did to Andry and others is a stain on the moral fabric of our nation,” Takano says.
The U.S. government under Trump tried to disappear a gay Venezuelan man seeking asylum to a torture prison in El Salvador indefinitely. A coalition of Americans didn’t let them.
The gay makeup artist is headed back to Venezuela instead of the U.S., however.
Deporting people this way “surely does not pass muster,” the justices wrote.
ICE agents claimed the tattoos signified membership in the Venezuelan criminal group Tren de Aragua, but his lawyers say they have deported an innocent artist.