Stars, crowns, roses and watch tattoos can land you in prison if you are a Venezuelan man in the United States.

The situation is similar for stars and clocks, common tattoos that are regularly flagged as gang symbols by law enforcement. Often they mean nothing at all, said Karla Ostolaza, managing director ...

Federal authorities are using tattoos to identify and deport Venezuelan migrants suspected of being members of the Tren de Aragua gang. Internal documents reveal doubts within Homeland Security ...

Tattoos can cause barriers for inmates once they re-enter into society especially for those with human trafficking, gang, and racist tattoos. It's to help inmates have a better chance at securing ...

Agents who detained Jerce Reyes Barrios, 36, last September said his tattoo was "proof of gang membership," his attorney Linette Tobin wrote in a sworn statement this week. But the tattoo – a ...

Often the only information they do have to identify individuals is alleged gang tattoos ... prisoners who have tattoos: One man sports ink of a rose, an Illuminati symbol and the Jumpman logo ...