CARACAS, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Top Venezuelan lawmaker Jorge Rodriguez on Monday demanded the United States repatriate its undocumented migrants after hundreds were deported to El Salvador.
Rodriguez denounced the deportations as barbaric and a "crime against humanity," saying U.S. authorities were "kidnapping" people as young as 14 years old and denying them due process.
He claimed that as part of Washington's immigration crackdown, minors are being "kidnapped, detained, isolated, segregated, and even taken to other countries."
He called on the government of President Nicolas Maduro to issue a travel advisory warning Venezuelans against traveling to the United States.
The lawmaker also announced the launch of "an intensive campaign" to raise awareness about the abuses committed against Venezuelan migrants and encouraged Venezuelan migrants to register via the Instagram account for legal assistance and representation. ■
