Venezuela has agreed to resume accepting deportation flights from the U.S., according to Richard Grenell, a special envoy to the president.

Venezuela's government has agreed to resume flights of deported migrants who unlawfully entered the United States, senior U.S. diplomat Richard Grenell announced in a post on X on Thursday.

While portrayed by the Trump administration as hardened criminals, the Venezuelans deported from the United States were welcomed back with open arms as prodigal sons and daughters — ironically, by the man in charge of the repressive apparatus that initially forced many of them to flee.