When Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained Andry Hernandez in 2024, it deemed him a suspected member of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang. Hernandez didn't claim to be associated with the gang. ICE didn't report that Hernandez had any "observed and known" contact with Tren de Aragua members. It didn't list "official records, media reports, and correspondence," "intelligence information received from other agencies," or "validation" or "confirmation" by "law enforcement, Corrections, or sending jurisdiction" suggesting that Hernandez was tied to Tren de Aragua.
Instead, ICE officials flagged Hernandez as a potential Tren de Aragua associate based on two of his tattoos: the words mom and dad, topped with crowns, on each wrist.
Here are the tattoos that ICE declared were evidence that Andry, a gay make-up artist who came to a port of entry seeking asylum from Venezuela, was a member of the vicious gang "Tren de Aragua."
I am not making this up. This is it. "Mom" and "Dad" with crowns over them. pic.twitter.com/Y3J2gnm79c
— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) March 30, 2025
