Internal DHS and FBI documents question the effectiveness of using tattoos to identify Venezuelan members of Tren de Aragua.

It makes no sense at all,” the British artist whose clock tattoo appears in a 2024 Department of Homeland Security briefing on “detecting and identifying” TDA members told The Independent.

But internal U.S. Department of Homeland Security and FBI documents obtained by USA TODAY reveal federal authorities for years have questioned the effectiveness of using tattoos to identify ...

But internal U.S. Department of Homeland Security and FBI documents obtained by USA TODAY reveal federal authorities for years have questioned the effectiveness of using tattoos to identify ...

Federal authorities are using tattoos to identify and deport Venezuelan migrants suspected of being members of the Tren de Aragua gang. Internal documents reveal doubts within Homeland Security ...

But internal U.S. Department of Homeland Security and FBI documents obtained by USA TODAY reveal federal authorities for years have questioned the effectiveness of using tattoos to identify ...