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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 ...
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Debunking 3 Myths About Tren de Aragua
US President Donald Trump has put Tren de Aragua at the center of his immigration enforcement efforts. Here's what you need ...
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What is Tren de Aragua's footprint in the U.S.? Experts say smaller than federal officials say
Unreliable federal gang data and a heavy reliance on tattoos and clothing styles can skew the picture of this Venezuelan gang ...
DHS claims these tattoos show Venezuelan gang membership. The tattoo artists who did them are confused
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 ...
ICE List Shows How Tattoos and Clothing Are Used to Label Immigrants as Gang Members
Eight points or more is enough to classify immigrants “validated as members of TDA.” For example, someone could be given six points for texting with a “known member of TDA” and another three points ...
U.S. uses point system to identify, deport Venezuelans it says are Tren de Aragua members
The Trump administration is using a point system to decide which Venezuelans should be deported as suspected members of the feared Tren de Aragua gang, according to federal court documents.
Govt. immigration scorecard for deportations relied on tattoos and social posts, court filings show
Government records obtained by the ACLU show immigration authorities used a point system that families and attorneys say ...
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An AP team goes to the birthplace of Tren de Aragua, the gang put at the center of Trump’s anti-immigrant narrative
The Tren de Aragua gang has been known for more than a decade in Venezuela, but it gained global notoriety after U.S.
As Trump wages war on Tren de Aragua, little evidence links Venezuelan gang to violence in Chicago
Despite the president designating the group as a terrorist organization, almost all of the 37 men flagged by Chicago police ...
From a lavish prison, Tren de Aragua ran a transnational gang. Now, it's a favorite Trump target
The Tren de Aragua has been on the radar of U.S. authorities for years. But it wasn’t until Trump campaigned for a second ...
Documents appear to show how Trump admin identifies Venezuelan gang members: ACLU
President Donald Trump's administration has deported hundreds of alleged members of the Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, to ...
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DHS claims these tattoos show Venezuelan gang membership. The tattoo artists who did them say the truth is a lot more innocent
open image in gallery Alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua recently deported by the U.S. government are being imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) (Secretaria de ...