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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

How the Trump administration is using tattoos to lock up immigrants in El Salvador

The results of a scorecard appear to be enough to determine whether Venezuelan immigrants can be sent to a notorious El Salvador prison and remain there indefinitely.

Under Donald Trump’s order invoking the Alien Enemies Act for the fourth time in U.S. history, Venezuelans over age 14 who are determined to be “members” of the Tren de Aragua gang can be summarily deported as “alien enemies.”

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