The assertion by Tom Homan, President Trump’s border czar, could herald a shift in the relationship between the United States and Venezuela’s autocrat, Nicolás Maduro.

President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan says deportations to Venezuela will begin in the next 30 days.

Deportation flights to Venezuela are expected to restart as early as next week, a senior ICE official told The Post. The Trump administration is “reasonably confident” the flights will commence “early next week,

Venezuela has accused the US of "brazen theft" after seizing one of its government aircraft in the Dominican Republic. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio oversaw the seizure of the plane on Thursday - the second Venezuelan plane the US has confiscated in the Caribbean country in less than a year.

The Trump administration is set to announce it has formally seized a Venezuelan government plane that’s been held in the Dominican Republic since last year, a move that may complicate efforts to cooperate on deportations.