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ICE claims tattoos tie migrants to the Tren de Aragua gang. Experts say they aren't reliable identifiers.
Tattoos have been used by the Trump administration to allege Venezuelan men deported from the U.S. are members of the Tren de ...
Immigration officials link tattoos to gangs. Artists say that’s wrong
When federal authorities deported 238 immigrants from a Texas prison to El Salvador in March, Neri Alvarado was among them.
British man's tattoo wrongly linked to Venezuelan gang in US government document
A tattoo belonging to a man from Derbyshire has appeared in a US government document used to identify members of Tren de ...
The wrong tattoo can get you stopped by police. But artists in El Salvador say more people want their ink
Certain tattoos associated with street gangs can get you stopped by police in El Salvador. But artists there say now more ...
Venezuela tattoo parlors lose clients as people fear being seen as gang members in U.S.
Hailand Pernía, a tattoo artist here in one of the biggest cities in western Venezuela, started warning his clients in March ...
Homan: Deported migrants have ‘less’ due process but ‘no one’s removed just because of a tattoo’
Border czar Tom Homan on Sunday claimed migrants deported under the Alien Enemies Act have “less” due process but argued that ...
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Why tattoos are such an unreliable marker of gang membership
Meanwhile, deported Venezuelan makeup artist Andry José Hernández Romero has a tattoo of a crown on each wrist ... his membership in the Tren de Aragua gang. Some government sources list ...
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The wrong tattoo can get you stopped by police. But artists in El Salvador say more people want their ink
Gang tattoos were once a vital currency in ... US law enforcement, including the Texas Department of Public Safety, have identified crown tattoos as potential indications of Tren de Aragua ...