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.
June 27, 2025
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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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June 11, 2025
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.
June 9, 2025
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.
May 30, 2025
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.
May 23, 2025
Remember Charlottesville, when Trump saw 'very fine people on both sides'? Today, he'd pick just one
Opinion: For Trump, it’s raging racism instead of dog-whistles after his Oval Office ambush of South African President Ramaphosa, writes John Casey.
May 23, 2025
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.
May 22, 2025
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.
May 16, 2025
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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May 15, 2025
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.
April 22, 2025
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.
April 17, 2025
Another disgraced cop linked to Trump’s authoritarian deportations to El Salvador exposed: report
Ivan Mendez of the Prince George's County Police Department was convicted for leaking confidential police information.
April 15, 2025
Deported gay makeup artist cried for mother in prison, photojournalist says
Andry Hernandez Romero was deported to El Salvador despite having no criminal record.
April 7, 2025
Fox News hosts mock 'innocent' deported gay asylum-seeker & downplay torture reports from Salvadoran mega-prison
“Come on. It’s just a gay barber,” Jesse Watters said.
April 2, 2025
Gay Venezuelan asylum-seeker ‘disappeared’ to Salvadoran mega-prison under Trump order, Maddow reveals
The man came to the United States seeking safety. Instead, his lawyer says he was "disappeared."
March 21, 2025
Immigration's public image crisis is fueled by Trump and right-wing extremists
"This isn’t about politics or policy. It’s about recognizing—or rejecting—the humanity of LGBTQ+ and other asylum seekers," Immigration Equality board member Ilon Rincon Portas writes in an op-ed for The Advocate.
February 11, 2025
When these Venezuelan migrants couldn't afford to get married, their Denver community threw them a wedding
Nonprofit Dork Dancing hosted the wedding for Amarilis and Mariangy Delgado Gutierrez on Sunday, one year after they left Venezuela.
June 10, 2024
Chicago police release alleged cartel member suspected of shooting migrant trans woman
“They do not investigate these cases adequately,” says a local activist, while police say fear of the cartels is hampering their investigation.
March 19, 2024