Venezuelans began showing up at the U.S. border with Mexico in large numbers in 2021, thanks to Joe Biden's open border policy, and are currently one of the largest nationalities entering illegally, making Venezuela's refusal to take them back a major challenge for the U.S.
The breakthrough came after Trump envoy Richard Grennell visited Caracas earlier this month.
“Flights of Illegal Aliens to Venezuela Resume,” the White House said Monday in a post on the social platform X, saying they were overseen by Grennell.
Venezuelan television and radio triumphantly covered the arrival of the Conviasa flights in Caracas from Fort Bliss, a U.S. Army base in El Paso, Texas.
“This is the world we want, a world of peace, understanding, dialogue and cooperation,” said Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro
