Aurora asylum seeker from Venezuela, faces 20th birthday in El Salvador prison

[struggle4progress]

“A 19-year-old babysitter with no criminal record in any country was now jailed in a cage, in a country where he has no standing, with no access to communicate with the outside world or his legal team.”

by Cassandra Ballard, Sentinel Staff Writer
April 3, 2025

AURORA | A young man from Venezuela who came to Aurora seeking asylum and his chance at the American Dream will be spending this month celebrating his 20th birthday in an El Salvador prison.

“My friend Nixon, a 19-year-old babysitter with no criminal record in any country, is now jailed in a cage, in a country he has never been to, with no access to communicate with the outside world or his legal team,” said V Reeves, spokesperson from Housekeys Action Network Denver. “We don’t know if he is alive. His family and I have scoured the few photographs and videos and see no sign of him anywhere.”

Immigration and Customs Enforcement initially detained Nixon Azuaje-Perez and his brother, Dixon Azuaje-Perez, after they were arrested and accused of tampering with evidence after a shooting at the apartment complex where the two brothers lived. The charge came after a July 28 shooting at the Aspen Grove Apartments on Nome Street.

The brothers and other family members came to the United States on a CBP One application, the application migrants fill out when entering the United States. They made an appointment to cross the border and sign up for an immigration hearing to seek asylum. Nixon filed for and was granted a workers’ permit application to be accepted, according to immigrant activists who helped him obtain it ...

https://sentinelcolorado.com/metro/aurora-asylum-seeker-from-venezuela-faces-20th-birthday-in-el-salvador-prison/

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1. Dozens of Venezuelans deported to El Salvador have active asylum cases

y Sarah Kinosian, Kristina Cooke and Ted Hesson
April 1, 202512:26 PM EDTUpdated 2 days ago

... Through interviews with family members of 50 of the deportees - found via advocates and family members in the U.S. and Venezuela, and checked against a leaked list of deportees published, opens new tab by CBS News - Reuters has captured the most comprehensive picture to date of how the men on those flights became caught up in a rapid-fire deportation process.

Twenty-seven of the Venezuelans whose cases Reuters reviewed were never ordered deported. They have upcoming immigration court hearings to make their asylum and other claims to stay in the United States, according to immigration court records, even though they are now in El Salvador.

Judges in several cases appeared shocked to find migrants who failed to attend scheduled immigration court dates because they had been deported, according to immigration lawyers who attended the hearings ...

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-deported-238-venezuelans-el-salvador-dozens-have-active-asylum-cases-2025-04-01/

[mountain grammy]

2. The Supreme Court should order

Him to bring them all back.

[struggle4progress]

3. I agree but wonder if they will. Maybe a barrage of civil suits based on damages could work

[mountain grammy]

4. I think it might be a challenge

To find a law firm but the only hope they have is the courts and that’s slim. What a nightmare. Such a basic violation of the constitution and human rights.

[Demovictory9]

6. absolutely!

[AZJonnie]

5. This is SUCH BULLSHIT

and so damn heartbreaking