Immigrants rush to remove tattoos for fear of being tied to gangs

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Fear of deportation makes tattoo owners get rid of them faster. Recently, clinics are faced with a massive desire of clients to remove tattoos that can attract the attention of immigration officers.

He writes about it Fox News.

So, after the inauguration of Donald Trump at the San Francisco clinic, the number of people willing to withdraw the mark doubled.

"A lot of people don't want to be targeted," said Nora Ruiz of the San Pablo Economic Development Corporation. “Because of the fear that they might be seen as a certain type of person and judged by their tattoos, people want to get rid of them quickly.”

Tattoos are common among Central American gang members. MS 13, or sometimes simply MS or 13, is the symbol of the Mara Salvatrucha gang from El Salvador. Typically, these tattoos can be found on any part of the body, but most often they are found on very visible places - the face, arms or neck.

La eme or М They are a symbol of the Mexican Mafia, which is considered one of the most ruthless prison gangs in the United States.

Last month, Mexican migrant Daniel Ramirez, who was protected by a program DACA, was detained near his home in Seattle for his alleged connection with the gang, as indicated by the tattoo on his forearm.

He is still in custody, but his lawyers say that the tattoo pays homage to the city of La Paz in Mexico, where he was born.

Ramirez told the officers ICEthat is not a member of the gang, as his personal information and fingerprints were checked by the government before giving him permission to live and work in the US under the program DACA.

“The agent said I was a gang member and the tattoo on my arm confirms it,” Ramirez wrote. “The agent interrogated me for several hours and insisted that I was a gang member because I was from the central valley.” “They’re all gang members there,” they told me. “It doesn’t seem to matter how many times I tell them it’s not true.”

Recall that the Trump administration earlier expanded the list of illegal immigrants to be deported, and also granted broader powers to immigration officers.

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