Rubio blocks options to aid deported Venezuelans amid U.S.-Venezuela tensions
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States cannot retrieve 137 Venezuelan men deported in March after Trump invoked wartime powers, and that remote bond hearings would be infeasible due to witness identity concerns and ongoing talks with Venezuela’s new leadership; the men were sent to Venezuela following a prisoner swap, and DOJ plans to seek appellate relief to counter a judge’s order, as U.S.-Venezuela relations remain delicate under acting president Delcy Rodríguez.