{"id":2515776,"date":"2025-11-29T19:37:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T00:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-deportation-flights-to-venezuela-paused-after-trump-says-airspace-closed\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T19:38:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T00:38:36","slug":"us-deportation-flights-to-venezuela-paused-after-trump-says-airspace-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-deportation-flights-to-venezuela-paused-after-trump-says-airspace-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"US deportation flights to Venezuela paused after Trump says airspace &#8216;closed&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-deportation-flights-to-venezuela-paused-after-trump-says-airspace-closed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2515776&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The United States has paused <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-has-deported-hundreds-of-illegal-immigrants-after-judge-blocked-moratorium\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Has Deported Hundreds Of Illegal Immigrants After Judge Blocked Moratorium\">deportation flights<\/a> to Venezuela following President Donald Trump&#8217;s declaration that Venezuelan airspace is &#8220;closed.&#8221; Trump issued a warning to pilots stating that the airspace over and surrounding Venezuela is entirely closed, a move condemned by the Venezuelan government as an illegal and aggressive act. Venezuela responded by <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >suspending regular deportation flights<\/a>, which were part of a repatriation effort known as the &#8220;Return to the Homeland Plan,&#8221; marking a rare instance of cooperation between the two countries amid otherwise strained relations. The announcement signals a potential escalation in U.S. military actions against Venezuela, as Trump intensifies his campaign against drug trafficking in the region.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">US deportation flights to Venezuela paused after Trump says airspace &lsquo;closed&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2412797\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s statement that the airspace over <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/venezuela\">Venezuela<\/a> is &ldquo;closed&rdquo; has resulted in the suspension of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/deportation\">deportation<\/a> flights from the United States, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3901761\/trump-says-venezuelan-airspace-now-closed\/\">issued<\/a> a warning to pilots on Saturday morning that the airspace &ldquo;above and surrounding&rdquo; Venezuela is now &ldquo;closed in its entirety.&rdquo; The surprising announcement was met with condemnation from the Venezuela government, which called it an &ldquo;illegal&rdquo; and &ldquo;immoral act of aggression&rdquo; in a statement that included an appeal to the United Nations as well as a vow to respond &ldquo;with all the strength granted by international law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3901860\/pope-istanbul-blue-mosque-focuses-unifying-christians\/\">Pope visits Istanbul&rsquo;s Blue Mosque without praying as he focuses on unifying Christians<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3901844\/death-toll-from-floods-and-mudslides-in-sri-lanka-rises\/\">Death toll from floods and mudslides in Sri Lanka rises to 132, with 176 people still missing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3901838\/thai-prime-minister-acknowledges-flood-response-failures\/\">Thai prime minister acknowledges flood response failures as death toll rises to 162<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela strongly repudiates the public message disseminated today on social media by the President of the United States,&rdquo; the statement said. &ldquo;The Bolivarian Government warns that Venezuela will not accept orders, threats, or interference from any foreign power. No authority outside the Venezuelan institutional framework has the power to interfere with, block, or condition the use of national airspace.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Venezuela also revealed a consequence of Trump&rsquo;s statement &mdash; the immediate suspension of deportation flights to Venezuela, a key part of the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"... taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s immigration agenda.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Through this action, the United States government has unilaterally suspended the Venezuelan migrant flights that were being carried out regularly and weekly as part of the repatriation of Venezuelans through the Plan Vuelta a la Patria (Return to the Homeland Plan),&rdquo; it added.<\/p>\n<p>The deportation flights were a rare instance of cooperation between the U.S. and Venezuela at the beginning of Trump&rsquo;s second term.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3901761\/trump-says-venezuelan-airspace-now-closed\/\">TRUMP SAYS VENEZUELAN AIRSPACE NOW &lsquo;CLOSED&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Those already fragile relations have significantly deteriorated as Trump wages a drug war on the South American country, which has so far been limited to strikes on small alleged drug vessels in the Caribbean and Southern Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>Those military operations may be expanding, with the airspace announcement signaling strikes on targets inside Venezuela could be imminent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US halts deportation flights after Trump declares Venezuela airspace closed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2515777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/venezuela-deportations-paused-trump-airspace-closed.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[67938,49155,36382,32515,50813],"class_list":["post-2515776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-airspace-closure","tag-deportation-flights","tag-immigration-policy","tag-us-politics","tag-venezuela-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/venezuela-deportations-paused-trump-airspace-closed.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2515776"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2515780,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515776\/revisions\/2515780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2515777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2515776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2515776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2515776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}