Immigrant-rights advocates are challenging the Trump administration's use of the Alien Enemies Act for deporting Venezuelan men accused of gang affiliations. A checklist of indicators used to identify members of the Tren de Aragua gang is under scrutiny for relying on seemingly arbitrary markers such as tattoos. The American Civil Liberties Union argues that these methods can lead to wrongful imprisonment and deportation, highlighting cases of individuals incorrectly labeled as gang members. There are calls for due process to contest these designations under wartime laws.
The government's checklist suggests that tattoos and other unreliable indicators are playing an enormous role in Venezuelan men ending up in a brutal Salvadoran prison, perhaps for the rest of their lives.
Individuals must have a right to contest their designation as gang members, even if this wartime authority can be used during peacetime.
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