Caracas, Venezuela (AP) – Maria Alejandra Rubio has not seen his son in five months. They parted ways in the United States when she was detained to be deported to her hometown of Venezuela, and he was sent to live with family friends.
Rubio says US immigration authorities have led her to believe A flight to Venezuela With her 8-year-old son, anime songs. However, she traveled for hours without him last month.
Heartbreaking, Rubio is part of the group now Venezuelan mother and grandmother We are appealing to First Lady Melania Trump to help them see their children and grandchildren again. Members of the Venezuelan government-backed group say they sent Trump letter I’ve been seeking her help last month.
“He told me, ‘Mom, I want to be with you. I want to go back to my country with you.'” Rubio said of her call with anime songs in Georgia. “So I really hope that the First Lady will take her hand to heart and answer our letter.”
Married couple Sintia Caceres and Jose Martinez pose for the married couple Sintia Martinez to take a photo of their father Caceres’ son, Caracas, Venezuela, in April 2025, wearing a t-shirt depicting the photograph of Auror, a 4-year-old granddaughter of Sintia, who was placed in foster parents in Georgia after his son, 4-year-old, Georgia.
Trump’s office did not immediately respond to a request from the Associated Press seeking comment on the letter. The Venezuelan government told the Associated Press on Thursday that the letter dated August 18 was sent to the White House via a private email delivery service.
“As mothers, I ask that we speak up, help our children return home, and be the bridge to justice and humanity that you seek,” wrote a member of the group in Spanish, according to a copy of the letter shared with the Associated Press. “We ask that we listen to the family’s cry, stop this separation policy from continuing, and simply send mothers along with our children.”
Venezuelans are steadily deported to their country this year after the president of Venezuela Nicolas Maduroabolished his long-standing policy of not accepting retirees from US immigrants under pressure from the White House. Currently, flights run by US government contractors or Venezuelan state-owned airlines, have arrived regularly at airports outside the capital Caracas.
The Maduro government says more than 10,000 migrants, including children, returned to the South American country in mid-August. But not all parents have it I traveled with the kids.
Syntia Caceres will record a video to post on social media about her son who was detained in the US in July and later Caracas, Venezuela, September 4, and her 4-year-old granddaughter, Auror, who became foster parents on Thursday, September 4, 2025 (AP Photo/Ariana Cubilos)
Some of the minors who were separated from their parents were 2 years old. Maikelys Espinoza. She stayed in the United States after her mother was deported to Venezuela and her father was sent to El Salvador’s biggest security prison under the invitation of President Donald Trump. Wartime methods of the 18th century In Quickly deport hundreds of migrants.
The US government said that Meikelis’ separation was justified as U.S. authorities united her parents. Venezuela-based Tren de Aragua gangRepublican President Designated as a terrorist organization. The girl reunited with her mother in mid-May in Venezuela and reunited with her father in July.
After his arrival in Venezuela, Maduro publicly thanked President Trump. The US does not recognize Maduro as Venezuela’s president, but has negotiated various actions with the government this year, including the release of several Americans detained in the South American country. However, the US government says that returning minors to Venezuela could take some time.
“Unlike the illegal Maduro administration, the US does not use children as negotiation tips, and it is not in a hurry to move unaccompanied minors before a thorough assessment of the Western Hemisphere issues of the State Department posted on X on August 8th.
Syntia Caceres will record a social media video about her son who was detained in the US in July and then Auroll, a 4-year-old granddaughter who became a foster parent in Georgia at his home in Caracas, Venezuela on Thursday, September 4, 2025 (AP Photo/Ariana cubillos)
Like officials in the Venezuelan government, the signing of letters by their mother and grandmother seeking a return to their mother and home country characterizes the stay of the don.
“You don’t get in touch with your child, you don’t know where your child is, you’re an invitation. We don’t know where she is,” Sintia Caceres said Thursday.
Caceres said her grandson was placed in foster care in Georgia after her son was taken into custody in July. She told her that a family caring for Auror allowed her to talk to her and the girl once last month, but later instructed her to end contact with her grandmother.
Caceres now wants to ensure that her son and granddaughter are deported together when the time comes.
“If they’re going to deport people, that’s not a problem, but they should deport them to their children,” she said. “If (President Trump) doesn’t want us there in his country, that doesn’t matter, it’s going to work. We’ll expel us and send us back, but all together.”
Sintiacacère looks out the window of her house while talking about her 4-year-old granddaughter Auror, who was fostered in the US state of Georgia after her son was taken into custody in Caracas, Venezuela, 4, 2025 in July.
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Garcia Cano reported from Mexico City. Associated Press Writer Michelle L. Price contributed to this report from Washington.
