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Some point to their faces.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) El Paso Processing Center is pictured in El Paso, Texas on Feb. 13, 2025.Justin Hamel/AFP/Getty Images
Others gesture to arms, legs, or torsos.
Several of the bruises are quite dark.
They say that the guards discriminate against them because they are Venezuelan.
ICE did not respond to a request for comment from Capital & Main.
More recently, Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport Venezuelans without giving them hearings.
As a result, ICEsent hundredsto El Salvador, where they have disappeared into the countrysnotorious prison system.
He said some of the Mexican men began jeering at the Venezuelans, calling them vulgar names.
He said from there, things got out of control.
But, he noted, the guards attacked only the Venezuelans.
Then the guards pulled many of the Venezuelans into another room and beat them, he said.
None of the Mexicans that day were detained, he added.
None of the Mexicans were beaten.
Were being victims of abuse, aggression, and racism, Bahamonde Barrio said in Spanish.
Were being processed by immigration officials.
Many of the men recite the identification numbers attached to their immigration records on the video.
All but one had appeared before New Jersey judges for their court hearings.
The other man had his case heard in Texas.
They treat us like dogs, and were human beings, Isea said.
Were tired of the bad treatment.
Some of the men from the video were deported with him.
