The deportation of a gay Venezuelan makeup artist who is looking for resorting to anger from the LGBTQ+ in West Hollywood community with the city’s leaders and activists to protest Wednesday night.
Supporters for Andrei Hernandez Romero, 31, said he had no criminal history and was escaping from persecution for various reasons, including his sexual life.
He arrived at the American border in a legal entry port with an appointment and asylum. However, he was detained and detained for several months before he was deported and transferred to Aqsa Security Prison in El Salvador.
His family said that Andre Hernandez Romero, 31, sought asylum in the United States, but instead, he was mistakenly detained and later deported to a maximum security prison in El Salvador. (Romero family) Local leaders and community activists in West Hollywood gathered on April 30, 2025 to protest against Andre Hernandez Romero. (Ktla) Local leaders and community activists in West Hollywood gathered on April 30, 2025 to protest against Andre Hernandez Romero. (Ktla) Local leaders and community activists in West Hollywood gathered on April 30, 2025 to protest against Andre Hernandez Romero. (Ktla) His family said that Andre Hernandez Romero, 31, sought asylum in the United States, but instead, he was mistakenly detained and later deported to a maximum security prison in El Salvador. (Romero family)
The famous prison, which is called the Terrorism Center, includes some of the most dangerous criminals in the world, including mass killers and gang members. The facility is also famous for its uncompromising policies and harsh circumstances, According to the CNN report.
He loved them that Romero was falsely accused of gang ties. He and other Venezuelans were deported from the United States after President Trump summoned the law of foreign enemies, claiming that the men were members of the Trine de Aragoa, Venezuelan gang, According to CBS News.
I love them that Romero was deported without a fair hearing. The last time they spoke to him It was from an American detention facility on March 14. After being transferred abroad, it has not been heard since then.
“Andre, a gay Venezuelan man who seeks to resort, came to this country, believing in the promise of safety and dignity.” “Instead, he was held in detention and abstraction from humanity and its deportation in the end.”
“This is the most shocking thing I have ever seen for a customer for our customer,” said Romero’s lawyer, Lindsey Tukzelovsky.
His lawyers are calling for US officials to act quickly to review the Romero case and address the serious threats of his safety as gay men residing in a prison abroad.
“He suffered, as gay man at the ice detention center, and an ice imprisonment here in the United States, giving us a great fear of his current condition,” said Tuckselovsky.
Philip Holsinger, Photographer with 60 minutes, He visited El Salvador and coincided with Romero when he and a large group of prisoners arrived.
Romero can hear screaming, “I’m innocent!” He was crying as his head was shaved. All prisoners are forced to bow while prison guards shave their hair before they are transferred to their cells.
“He was slapped every time he was speaking,” Holsinger said 60 minutes. “He started praying and calling, and he was literally crying for his mother.”
“The terrible refusal of his rights, a serious violation of legal procedures and clause in the fourteenth amendment that guarantees all of us in this country – this must be angry and disturb us all,” said Chelsea Payers, the mayor of West Hollywood.
Community activities and local leaders urge federal officials to intervene and return Romero to the United States in a fair hearing. There are reports that the ruler Gavin News is now involved after submitting a direct appeal to the US Department of Internal Security on behalf of Romero.