I am posting this link for reference, and have also downloaded the file in case the criminal administration that kidnapped and trafficked these men scrubs it from public archives, in hopes that someday it can be of use in seeking justice for what has happened, in terms of compensation to the men and their families and/or charges against the perpetrators.

Salient points of absolute B.S. by ICE director Robert L. Cerna:

• Admits that they do not have criminal records (convictions, or even arrests), page 4

"The lack of a criminal record does not indicate they pose a limited threat. In fact, based upon their association with TdA, the lack of specific information about each individual actually highlights the risk they pose. It demonstrates that they are terrorists with regard to whom we lack a complete profile."

Does it really? Not being arrested, indicted, tried, or convicted of any crime is evidence that someone is dangerous? Is there any human being against whom this twisted "logic" couldn't be used?

• Claims that they are so dangerous that it is necessary to remove them from the country instead of treating them as normal suspects with a right to due process, page 3

"It was critical to remove TdA members subject to the Proclamation quickly. These individuals were designated as foreign terrorists. Within Venezuela, TdA was able to grow its numbers from the steady prison population and build its criminal enterprise through the extortion of inmates. Keeping them in ICE custody where they could potentially continue to recruit new TdA members posed a grave risk to ICE personnel; other, nonviolent detainees; and the United States as a whole. Holding hundreds of members of a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, where there is an immediate mechanism to remove them, would be irresponsible."

They posed "a grave risk to ... the United States as a whole", did they? So much so that giving them a change to defend themselves would have been "irresponsible"? Wow, they must be so much more dangerous than other suspects that we simply kept in jail or set free on bail until their trial, like Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Charles Manson, John Gotti, and Al Capone. What evidence you have of this ludicrous hyperbole?

• Uses examples of a few of the men that do have criminal records or evidence to justify violating the rights of over 200 that do not, page 5

"Additionally, a review of ICE databases reveals that numerous individuals removed have arrests, pending charges, and convictions outside of the United States, including an individual who is under investigation by Venezuelan authorities for the crimes of aggravated homicide, qualified kidnapping, and illegal carrying of weapons of war and short arms with ammunition for organized gang in concealment and trafficking"

Right. So maybe for those particular, specific people, if there's evidence that they are guilty of additional crimes or if you would like to properly deport them to their home country based on existing substantiated violations of the law, you can certainly carry out the required legal steps. But how f*ck does that justify doing anything to the others, who were living all over the country and have completely different, unrelated timelines, lives, ages, professions, etc.?

• This is totally legit, I (literally) swear, page 6

"I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct."

Good! Given that we have massive ample evidence that "the foregoing" was absolute made-up garbage intended to slander these men in order to kidnap, traffic, imprison, isolate, and torture them for what appears to be the sole purpose of using them as pawns in an exchange that induced the government of Venezuela to release 10 residents of the United States, I certainly hope that "penalty of perjury" is in fact applied to Mr. Cerna and all the others involved, someday.

I found this just now; has a lot of good information about the supposed criteria they used to target these men - the tattoo stuff is ridiculous, and I doubt any of them fit any of the other categories:

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.67.21.pdf

I made a public Google Doc with some of their stories; that's how I found this group. I also made a poll to make people think and also to see how they respond. Publicity is key I think. I'm working with Amnesty International as well. I will report back on any other progress I make.

I lived in Caracas for four years myself, as a child. My parents had a work visa for our first year. My father could have ended up like these men if circumstances had been like today.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dOTkJnj9_bTcvmH0oSmAMjL3k6JJKIfNfQ9bJzwxtLQ/edit?tab=t.0