Gay hairdresser venezuela

If they gave him food. At the centre, "he was flagged as a security risk for the sole reason of his tattoos", his lawyer wrote in a statement. Secretary of homeland security Kristi Noem has refused to discuss the fate of a gay hairdresser with no criminal record, who was deported to a brutal mega prison in El Salvador under the US government’s crackdown on alleged Venezuelan gang members.

A federal immigration judge in California has dismissed the asylum case of Andry Hernández Romero, a year-old gay Venezuelan makeup artist who was secretly deported by the Trump administration. However, authorities have acknowledged that tattoos are one of the criteria used for identifying gang members.

According to court documents filed by the American Civil Liberties Union ACLU on behalf of Venezuelan deportees, there is second scoring guide which evaluates detainees on a point scale. The form instructs agents on how to validate detainees as a member of Tren de Aragua under the Alien Enemies Act - a centuries-old law that has been invoked by Trump to detain and deport individuals considered enemies of the United States.

Noem, who has bragged in the past about shooting her dog to death, appeared before the House Homeland Security Committee for a hearing yesterday, where Garcia asked her about Andry Hernandez. By March , he had spent nearly six months at the San Diego detention centre before being abruptly transferred to the Webb County Detention Centre in Laredo, Texas, while his asylum case was still pending.

Immigration attorneys say a gay Venezuelan makeup artist seeking asylum in the U.S. was wrongly identified as a gang member and deported to El Salvador—a case becoming a flashpoint in the debate. If they gave him water. Since then, no-one has heard from him. His asylum request claimed that he was a victim of persecution in Venezuela for his political beliefs and sexual orientation.

The administration insists it did its due diligence and had sufficient intelligence before deporting any alleged gang members. She showed BBC Mundo official documents indicating that the young man had no criminal record in Venezuela. A disgraced former Milwaukee cop helped seal the fate of a gay Venezuelan stylist sent to a prison in El Salvador, according to report reviewed by USA TODAY.

Some of them wore crowns. CoreCivic official Arturo Torres, acting as interviewer, used a score system to determine whether a detainee is part of a criminal organisation. The crown has been found to be an identifier for a Tren de Aragua gang member". The lowest scores two points are assigned if the detainee, for instance, appears on social media displaying symbols or hand gestures related to the gang.

His parents had no information about him until they were told that someone had seen a photo of their son in a Salvadoran prison. He said in addition to an individual's tattoos, officers look at criminal associations, monikers, social media activity and messages on phones. It has nine categories, each with its own score.

Higher scores of 10 points are given to detainees who have criminal or civil convictions, sentencing memorandums, or criminal complaints that identify them as members of Tren de Aragua. LGBTQ rally for deported gay Venezuelan hairdresser Andry Hernandez Romero, a gay Venezuelan makeup artist, was deported to El Salvador and is detained in a dangerous prison, raising concerns.

U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia wants answers from a private detention center contractor and the federal officials who handled the deportation of a year-old gay Venezuelan asylum seeker featured. On 15 March, Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport suspected Tren de Aragua members, arguing that Venezuelan authorities had ceded control over their territories to transnational criminal organisations.

Jason Stevens, special agent in charge of the El Paso Homeland Security Investigations Office, told BBC Mundo that according to the guidelines, officers used a variety of criteria to identify a gang member. He was not the only person who would be transferred to that second centre.

The symbol that identifies the religious festival - which was officially declared part of Venezuela's national cultural heritage, and of which its residents are proud - is a golden crown. However, DHS has previously published a statement on its website, called Days of Fighting Fake News, stating that its assessments go well beyond tattoos and social media.

Lower scores are for those with tattoos denoting their membership or loyalty to the gang four points - or who have insignias, logos, notes, drawings, or clothing indicating loyalty to it also four points. That was his crime. Lawyers representing deportees have included official government guidelines in their court cases, arguing that it is insufficient to identify a detainee as a member of Tren de Aragua based on photographs of tattoos.

I wonder how they're treating him. According to the criteria, the detainees are considered gang members if they score 10 or more points, and they are considered suspects if they score nine or fewer points.