Tattoos of crowns and roses are popular among everyone – not just members of Tren de Aragua, as law enforcement has claimed. Marc Atkins/Getty Images The United States deported 238 Venezuelan men on ...

Reasons to be Cheerful reports on Clean Slate, a tattoo removal program in San Diego, helping justice-impacted individuals ...

The United States deported 238 Venezuelan men on three flights to El Salvador on March 15, 2025, claiming that they were members of the Tren de Aragua gang that originated in Venezuela. Immigration ...

In its sweeping deportation campaign against Venezuelan immigrants, the Trump administration has repeatedly relied on tattoos to determine whether someone is a member of the feared criminal syndicate ...

A crown over a soccer ball. An eyeball that “looked cool.” Flowers. Those are some of the everyday tattoos that defense lawyers say helped lead to the sudden weekend deportation of roughly 200 ...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD -- Growing up, Dave Cutlip dreamed of being a rock star. But when he was only making $25 a day from music shows, he chose the next best career path – a tattoo artist. Today, he has ...

Hailand Pernía, a tattoo artist here in one of the biggest cities in western Venezuela, started warning his clients in March to be aware that certain images inked on their skins could be a problem if ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Beth C. Caldwell, Southwestern Law School (THE CONVERSATION) The United States ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Beth C. Caldwell is a Professor of Law at Southwestern ...