President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum to Venezuela on Saturday via Truth Social, demanding the country "immediately accept" what he described as prisoners and individuals from mental institutions who were allegedly sent to the United States.

Newsweek reached out to the White House via email on Saturday for comment.

Why It Matters

This coordinated approach represents a significant escalation in the Trump administration's immigration enforcement strategy.

Concurrently, the administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday for an emergency order to strip legal protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants currently under Temporary Protected Status (TPS).

The Justice Department's filing seeks to overturn a federal judge's ruling that blocked the administration's termin

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