CNN has discovered a approach to squeeze in some anti-ICE propaganda into their protection of the lethal earthquakes in Venezuela, and place blame on them for a few of the casualties. On Wednesday’s OutFront, the community highlighted a narrative of girl in Caracas who was lately deported there “simply hours earlier than the tremors began.” In fact, the implication was that with out ICE booting her from the nation, she wouldn’t have gotten damage and the others deported along with her wouldn’t be lacking.
“We have additionally discovered now that greater than 100 Venezuelans who had been deported from the U.S. simply hours earlier than the quake struck had been taken to a resort not removed from the epicenter, that resort collapsed,” introduced fill-in host Erica Hill.
CNN contributor Stefano Pozzebon pointed to the story of Ninoska Gutierrez, who was deported from america late final month and was trapped below rubble earlier than liberating herself:
She stated she escaped miraculously with simply minor accidents, scrapes and bruises, slipping from below the rubble and strolling for 2 miles earlier than discovering assist. However this newest tragedy, a part of an limitless checklist of blows. She fled Venezuela’s financial disaster in 2018, and had been residing in Minnesota as an undocumented immigrant since 2024.
“Scared by the unrest in Minneapolis, she moved to Miami, the place after an incident along with her daughter, she was arrested, charged with a misdemeanor, and transferred to ICE custody,” Pozzebon lamented.
CNN decries ICE for deporting unlawful Venezuelan immigrants again residence simply earlier than the earthquakes hit. Hints they need to be held accountable chargeable for them when out of their custody. pic.twitter.com/Yvw4wIVs3C
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) July 2, 2026
At no level did Pozzebon really clarify what the “incident along with her daughter” entailed that acquired her “charged with a misdemeanor.” Given CNN’s caginess with the details, there’s a risk that “charged” really means “convicted.”
After taking part in a soundbite of Gutierrez proclaiming “The U.S. administration actually made a multitude with the migrants,” Pozzebon’s report painted an image of the unlawful immigrant surviving hellish circumstances in ICE custody simply to be put in hurt’s approach:
GUTIERREZ: I used to be held for seven days within the worst circumstances you may think about. They deal with us like animals.
POZZEBON (voice-over): Deported on June 24, she and different 145 migrants landed in Caracas simply hours earlier than the tremors started.
GUTIERREZ: They took our handcuff off. Thank God, as a result of lastly I used to be going to be free.
POZZEBON (voice-over): Gutierrez and the others had been on this resort when the partitions started to shake, the ground crumbling below her ft.
POZZEBON: I imply, once you acquired out of there, what did you see?
GUTIERREZ: I could not consider it. I do not know if I used to be acutely aware or not. Every little thing was so quick, and I requested God, why did you enable this?
POZZEBON (voice-over): Venezuelan authorities are but to say how lots of the 146 deportees died within the earthquake. Many are nonetheless lacking.
To make ICE look heartless, Pozzebon adopted up the road concerning the lacking illegals with a cherry-picked quote from an ICE assertion about how, “When a person is now not in ICE custody, the company is now not chargeable for them.”
Counter level: if she didn’t enter America illegally or commit a misdemeanor, she wouldn’t have been deported.
The transcript is beneath. Click on “develop” to learn:
CNN’s OutFront
July 1, 2026
7:53:42 p.m. JapaneseERICA HILL: We have additionally discovered now that greater than 100 Venezuelans who had been deported from the U.S. simply hours earlier than the quake struck had been taken to a resort not removed from the epicenter, that resort collapsed.
Our Stefano Pozzebon simply spoke with one of many survivors. He is OUTFRONT now in Venezuela.
[Cuts to video]
STEFANO POZZEBON (voice-over): It has been every week since a double earthquake devastated Venezuela. However for Ninoska Gutierrez, the ache feels very contemporary.
NINOSKA GUTIERREZ (through translator]: My legs had been straight, however I had a beam on high of me, trapping me. I could not really feel my legs.
POZZEBON (voice-over): She stated she escaped miraculously with simply minor accidents, scrapes and bruises, slipping from below the rubble and strolling for 2 miles earlier than discovering assist. However this newest tragedy, a part of an limitless checklist of blows. She fled Venezuela’s financial disaster in 2018, and had been residing in Minnesota as an undocumented immigrant since 2024.
GUTIERREZ: This 12 months, two U.S. residents died for defending us. The U.S. administration actually made a multitude with the migrants.
POZZEBON (voice-over): Scared by the unrest in Minneapolis, she moved to Miami, the place after an incident along with her daughter, she was arrested, charged with a misdemeanor, and transferred to ICE custody.
GUTIERREZ: I used to be held for seven days within the worst circumstances you may think about. They deal with us like animals.
POZZEBON (voice-over): Deported on June 24, she and different 145 migrants landed in Caracas simply hours earlier than the tremors started.
GUTIERREZ: They took our handcuff off. Thank God, as a result of lastly I used to be going to be free.
POZZEBON (voice-over): Gutierrez and the others had been on this resort when the partitions started to shake, the ground crumbling below her ft.
POZZEBON: I imply, once you acquired out of there, what did you see?
GUTIERREZ: I could not consider it. I do not know if I used to be acutely aware or not. Every little thing was so quick, and I requested God, why did you enable this?
POZZEBON (voice-over): Venezuelan authorities are but to say how lots of the 146 deportees died within the earthquake. Many are nonetheless lacking.
In an announcement to CNN, ICE stated that, “When a person is now not in ICE custody, the company is now not chargeable for them.”
At residence, Gutierrez is by some means making an attempt to rebuild her life. She reconnected along with her daughter, Oriana, a daughter she had not seen in 4 years. And in indicators that life goes on, regardless of a tragedy, her niece has simply given beginning to a wholesome child.
