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Bad Wisconsin cop’s tattoo claim helped deport gay asylum-seeker to Salvadoran prison hellscape: report

Sacked after a drunk driving incident, the former officer now helps deport people from the U.S.

Andry Hernández Romero’s family desperate for word on gay asylum-seeker who Trump vanished over 100 days ago

Nobody has heard from the young makeup artist since the Trump administration deported him in March.

Jon Lovett and Tim Miller team up to ‘raise hell’ over gay asylum-seeker vanished to El Salvador by Trump

Andry Hernández Romero entered the U.S. legally, fleeing persecution for being gay. Then the Trump administration disappeared him, sending him to a dystopian prison. They’re trying to get him back.

Jon Lovett warns Democrats that ‘every inch Trump gets is an inch we don’t get back’

The Crooked Media cofounder who will be in Washington, D.C., for a taping of his Lovett or Leave It podcast, told The Advocate that Democrats must stand firm.

Gay Guatemalan asylum-seeker deported by Trump by mistake pleads for lifeline in federal court

“I am the smallest version of myself because I have so much more fear, the man told a Massachusetts district court.

Pete Buttigieg warns of ‘dangerous moment’ as Trump defies courts and threatens to disappear U.S. citizens

The former transportation secretary has serious concerns about the president's authoritarian actions.

Gay U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres surprises MSNBC panel with announcement on New York governor candidacy

"That's news!" said one of the Morning Joe panelists after the New York congressman revealed his plans.

Coalition of 52 Democrats push for proof of life for deported gay asylum-seeker Andry Hernández Romero

“I think Pride Month is an opportunity to highlight his story even more,” U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia told The Advocate.

Gay asylum-seeker's lawyer worries for the makeup artist's safety in Salvadoran ‘hellhole’ prison

Andry Hernández Romero’s lawyer voiced her concern for the gay man who was deported to El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison.

Robert Garcia demands answers in case of gay Venezuelan migrant deported to El Salvador prison

Andry Hernandez Romero fled Venezuela out of fear because of his sexuality. When he got to the U.S., authorities sent him to a hellhole.

Democratic lawmakers fly to El Salvador and demand action on gay man Trump sent to CECOT prison

The calls for Andry Hernandez Romero's proof of life and wellness are growing.

Trump and El Salvador's president attack transgender people during White House meeting

The leaders attacked trans women in sports while ignoring court orders to return a wrongly deported Maryland man.

Trump’s DHS considers reality TV show where immigrants fight for citizenship

Immigrants are being disappeared and their rights defied in court while DHS weighs a game show—and sells citizenship to the rich.

Gay U.S. Rep Robert Garcia elected top Democrat on powerful House Oversight Committee

Democrats voted to make the California congressman the ranking member on the Republican-led investigative committee.

Hundreds rallying at Supreme Court demand Trump return disappeared gay asylum-seeker Andry Hernández Romero

They rallied to bring the 31-year-old makeup artist back from CECOT in El Salvador.

New York’s Ritchie Torres donates to Andry Hernández Romero fund demanding freedom for gay asylum-seeker

The Democratic congressman is using his influence and bank account to call attention to the Venezuelan makeup artist disappeared by Trump to a mega prison in El Salvador.

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Immigration judge dismisses asylum case of gay Venezuelan deported to Salvadoran supermax prison

Hernández Romero had been awaiting an asylum hearing before he was deported without warning in March, his lawyer told The Advocate in April.

Kristi Noem won’t say if gay asylum-seeker deported to El Salvador’s ‘hellhole’ prison is still alive

The Trump Homeland Security secretary wouldn’t consider Rep. Robert Garcia’s request to provide Andry Hernandez Romero’s mom with an update on her son.

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LGBTQ+ immigrants face 'most immediate risk' of ICE raids in Los Angeles

Over 1.25 million LGBTQ+ adult immigrants live in the U.S., with an estimated 10 percent living in Los Angeles County.

Supreme Court halts Trump’s deportations of Venezuelan immigrants under Alien Enemies Act

Deporting people this way “surely does not pass muster,” the justices wrote.

Massachusetts federal judge orders gay asylum-seeker deported under Trump returned to U.S.

“The Court finds that the public benefits from living in a country where rules are followed and where promises are kept,” Judge Brian E. Murphy wrote.