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Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday reported that US immigration authorities detained 8 Nicaraguan exiles who were previously granted protected status in 2023 after fleeing political prosecution.
On February 9 2023, the Nicaraguan government declared 222 political prisoners as “traitors” and expelled them to the United States, stripping 94 government dissenters and critics of their nationality. The US government announced that it was welcoming the 222 individuals as “parolees” and granted them “a two-year humanitarian parole into the US” subject to certain conditions.
HRW reported that, three years later, “after offering refuge to these critics of the Nicaraguan government…the United States is now detaining and threatening to deport them.” It reported that at least 8 of the Nicaraguan exiles, including those without nationality and with pending asylum claims, have been detained.
HRW confirmed that two of the 8 individuals were arrested during either “a court appointment of asylum interview between April and September 2026”, and according to their legal teams and family members who spoke with HRW, “it appears that five of the 8 men are still in detention”.
Among those detained by ICE is Marlon Gerardo Sáenz. Sáenz was formerly part of the Nicaraguan paramilitary, however he defected and became a vocal critic of the government. He was imprisoned in 2022, and stripped of his citizenship before arriving in the US as one of the 222 people. Sáenz’s case is especially complex due to his prior paramilitary involvement and allegations of human rights abuses at that time. Sáenz’s lawyer, Tucker Sandler, commented that “Mr. Sáenz deserves respect, dignity and a fair shot at asylum because that is the democratic promise of our great country.”
Humanitarian parole was previously granted under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), and empowered the Secretary of Homeland Security to grant discretionary and temporary entry or remain in the US under emergency humanitarian circumstances. However, the Trump administration suspended or terminated humanitarian parole programs for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela in 2025. According to Democracy Now, “the detention of Haitians has surged by 142%” as the Trump administration continues a mass deportation campaign.
Over the last five years, Nicaragua has faced human rights abuses and systematic oppression under the Ortega-Murillo government. Rights groups such as Amnesty International report arbitrary detentions, inhumane prison conditions, political repression, enforced disappearances, torture, extrajudicial executions, arbitrary deprivation of nationality, and brutal crackdowns on free speech and dissent.
HRW warned against the US sending deportees to a country where they face “a risk of prosecution and torture there…nor should it deport people to third countries where they face such risks, including through onward deportation to Nicaragua.” Americas director at HRW, Juanita Goebertus advised that “international law prohibits the United States from returning anyone to face the threat of prosecution or torture.”
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On February 9 2023, the Nicaraguan government declared 222 political prisoners as “traitors” and expelled them to the United States, stripping 94 government dissenters and critics of their nationality. The US government announced that it was welcoming the 222 individuals as “parolees” and granted them “a two-year humanitarian parole into the US” subject to certain conditions.
HRW reported that, three years later, “after offering refuge to these critics of the Nicaraguan government…the United States is now detaining and threatening to deport them.” It reported that at least 8 of the Nicaraguan exiles, including those without nationality and with pending asylum claims, have been detained.
HRW confirmed that two of the 8 individuals were arrested during either “a court appointment of asylum interview between April and September 2026”, and according to their legal teams and family members who spoke with HRW, “it appears that five of the 8 men are still in detention”.
Among those detained by ICE is Marlon Gerardo Sáenz. Sáenz was formerly part of the Nicaraguan paramilitary, however he defected and became a vocal critic of the government. He was imprisoned in 2022, and stripped of his citizenship before arriving in the US as one of the 222 people. Sáenz’s case is especially complex due to his prior paramilitary involvement and allegations of human rights abuses at that time. Sáenz’s lawyer, Tucker Sandler, commented that “Mr. Sáenz deserves respect, dignity and a fair shot at asylum because that is the democratic promise of our great country.”
Humanitarian parole was previously granted under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), and empowered the Secretary of Homeland Security to grant discretionary and temporary entry or remain in the US under emergency humanitarian circumstances. However, the Trump administration suspended or terminated humanitarian parole programs for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela in 2025. According to Democracy Now, “the detention of Haitians has surged by 142%” as the Trump administration continues a mass deportation campaign.
Over the last five years, Nicaragua has faced human rights abuses and systematic oppression under the Ortega-Murillo government. Rights groups such as Amnesty International report arbitrary detentions, inhumane prison conditions, political repression, enforced disappearances, torture, extrajudicial executions, arbitrary deprivation of nationality, and brutal crackdowns on free speech and dissent.
HRW warned against the US sending deportees to a country where they face “a risk of prosecution and torture there…nor should it deport people to third countries where they face such risks, including through onward deportation to Nicaragua.” Americas director at HRW, Juanita Goebertus advised that “international law prohibits the United States from returning anyone to face the threat of prosecution or torture.”
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