Immigration officials link tattoos to gangs. Artists say that’s wrong (copy)

The Trump admin is using tattoos, logos, and clothes to identify supposed gang members

When Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained Venezuelan makeup artist Andry Hernandez Romero in 2024, it suspected he belonged to the Tren de Aragua gang. Yet ICE provided no "official records, media reports, and correspondence," "intelligence information received from other agencies," or "validation" or "confirmation" by "law enforcement, Corrections, or sending jurisdiction," to prove that Hernandez Romero was tied to the gang. Inst…

Immigration officials link tattoos to gangs. Artists say that’s wrong (copy)

TAMPA, Fla. — When federal authorities deported 238 immigrants from a Texas prison to El Salvador in March, Neri Alvarado was among them.