The U.S. government is using tattoos and clothing to determine who gets to stay in the country and who is subject to indefinite imprisonment in a Salvadoran prison, with many of the men deported being ...

For this reason, tattoos celebrating a city or country can only lead to confusion. Tattoos of Mayan or Aztec images have also been used to designate people as gang members, even though these tattoos ...

The document notes that migrants who score eight points or higher on the checklist "are validated as members" of the gang and thus subject to arrest and removal. "Tattoos denoting membership ...

The son of a career army officer, Bennett led a nomadic life, attending ten different schools before graduating in 1980 from the University of North Alabama with degrees in Art and History. After ...

A post from U.S. President Donald Trump showing Kilmar Abrego Garcia's hand tattoos was unedited and proves he was affiliated with the Salvadoran gang MS-13. Rating: Mixture (About this rating?) ...

But gang experts disagree, telling CNN that the tattoos alone are not proof of membership in the gang. “I see a bunch of symbols that could be interpreted any number of ways,” Jorja Leap ...

But several law enforcement officials and researchers who study the transnational gang say the tattoos on Abrego García’s left hand - a marijuana leaf, a smiley face, a cross and a skull - do ...

but there was no actual evidence demonstrating a link between the tattoos and the El Salvadoran gang. Trump's photo of the tattoos was edited, likely in an attempt to add context The photo held ...

The experts and researchers we spoke with acknowledged the tattoos could carry gang-related symbolism, but they said the markings alone are not reliable indicators of membership. They also cast ...