‘It’s a tradition’: outrage in Venezuela as US deports makeup artist for religious tattoos

‘It’s a tradition’: outrage in Venezuela as US deports makeup artist for religious tattoos

Andry José Hernández Romero sent to an El Salvador prison after claim ‘crown’ tattoos proved he was a gang memberFor as long as anyone can remember Andry José Hernández Romero was enthralled by the annual Three Kings Day celebrations for which his Venezuelan home town is famed, joining thousands of fellow Christians on the streets of Capacho to remember how the trio of wise men visited baby Jesus bearing gold, frankincense and myrrh.At age seven…

Kristi Noem defends El Salvador mega-prison photo op as something ‘people need to see’: ‘Consequence of someone who is a terrorist’

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem acknowledged Monday that she was trying to send a message to migrant gang members and the American people when she was filmed and photographed inside El Salvador’s notorious mega-prison last week.

Trump Administration Tied Migrants to Gang Based Largely on Clothes or Tattoos, Papers Show

The court papers suggest that the administration has set a low bar for seeking the removal of the Venezuelan migrants, whom officials have described as belonging to the street gang, Tren de Aragua.

U.S. uses point system to identify, deport Venezuelans it says are Tren de Aragua members

How the Trump administration is using tattoos to lock up immigrants in El Salvador

Venezuelan men in streetwear with Michael Jordan and autism awareness tattoos could add up enough ‘points’ for their removal from the United States, Alex Woodward reports

ICE List Shows How Tattoos and Clothing Are Used to Label Immigrants as Gang Members

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has obtained a list from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that reveals just how terrifyingly easy it is for the government to designate a Venezuelan immigrant as an “Alien Enemy,” including allowing ICE officers to declare tattoos and items of clothing as containing gang signs. American Immigration Council Senior Fellow Aaron Reichlin-Melnick shared on X (formerly Twitter) a copy of the “Alien…