Tattoos have been used by the Trump administration to allege Venezuelan men deported from the U.S. are members of the Tren de ...

A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.

It’s mind-blowing... a total misrepresentation,’ one British tattoo artist whose work was cited as a symbol of the crime syndicate Tren de Aragua tells Io Dodds ...

DHS claims these tattoos show Venezuelan gang membership. The tattoo artists who did them are confused - ‘It’s mind-blowing..

The bottom line: While many people in gangs have tattoos that demonstrate their membership, many people who have absolutely no gang ties also get similar tattoos. Relying on them to determine gang ...

“Tattoos, symbols, and other images can reveal ... a professor of sociology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, who studies transnational gangs. The recent removals of Venezuelans are ...

Risquez said tattoos are not closely connected with affiliation ... the only way to determine that a person is a delinquent or criminal is “to conduct a police investigation” and “grant ...

“It’s unfair to criminalize every Venezuelan. Having a tattoo or being born in Aragua doesn’t make you a member of a criminal gang,” Palma told the Herald. She described her boyfriend as a ...

He doesn't have a criminal record. He was not supposed to be deported." While Caraballo was in detention in the U.S., authorities became interested in a series of tattoos he had, particularly one ...

But, unless there is something it is not saying, ICE seems to have done exactly that in the case of at least two deportees without criminal records or apparent gang ties. Both men do have tattoos ...