A little after 9 p.m. local time Friday, Ydalys Chirinos-Polanco texted HuffPost a photo of her beaming next to her 25-year-old son, Ysqueibel Yonaiquer Peñaloza Chirinos. They posed behind a sign that read in Spanish: “Welcome to your country Venezuela. You don’t know how long we’ve waited for this moment. God bless you always.”

This article was originally published by Documented, an independent, non-profit newsroom dedicated to reporting with and for immigrant communities in New York City. After spending 125 days in El Salvador’s notorious Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison,

For the families of those detained, it’s an incredible relief. Gloria Browning Vaamondes-Barrios last spoke to her husband Miguel on March 14. The next day, the Trump administration loaded him onto a flight in South Texas which took off for El Salvador even as a judge prepared to hold a hearing over whether the operation was legal.

TPM’s Josh Kovensky spoke with the wife of Jesús Alberto Ríos Andrade, one of the Venezuelan nationals removed to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act who was reportedly freed Friday. Angie, a Trump supporter, recounts what the last few months have been like and her reaction to the news that the detainees were being released.

President Donald Trump continues to face backlash from his MAGA supporters over his administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, calling on Attorney General Pam Bondi "to produce any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony,