Venezuela on Friday released 10 jailed U.S. citizens and permanent residents in exchange for getting home scores of migrants deported by the United States to El Salvador months ago under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown,

Venezuela will once again accept repatriation flights from the United States carrying its deported nationals after reaching an agreement with the U.S., an official said.

President Trump’s envoy for special missions, Richard Grenell, is causing tensions within the State Department as critics say his “freelancing” is damaging U.S. diplomatic negotiations and threatening national security.