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Tom Phillips and Clavel Rangel

‘Deported because of his tattoos’: has the US targeted Venezuelans for their body art?

Three photos of young Venezuelan men proudly showing their tattoos
Venezuela migrants who have been caught up in Trump’s crackdown, seemingly in part because of their tattoos. Composite: Supplied

Like many Venezuelans of his generation, Franco José Caraballo Tiapa is a man of many tattoos.

There is one of a rose, one of a lion, and another – on the left side of the 26-year-old’s neck – of a razor blade that represents his work as a barber.

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