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Toczylowski did not know where he was. Reyes Barrios was a soccer player in Venezuela. He made the long trek north through the Darien Gap, a mile roadless stretch of dense forest between Colombia and Panama, to Mexico, where he eventually got an appointment to seek asylum in the United States.

U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia wants answers from CoreCivic and ICE regarding the deportation of a year-old gay Venezuelan asylum seeker. In a bittersweet turn of events, Andry Hernández Romero — a gay Venezuelan makeup artist and asylum seeker — has been released from a notorious prison in El Salvador, but sent back to Venezuela instead of being granted safety in the U.S.

Hernández Romero entered the U.S. legally infleeing anti-LGBTQ+ persecution and political. I'm a stylist. Andry Hernandez Romero, a gay makeup artist who came to the United States last year in search of asylum, is one of Venezuelan migrants who were flown from the U.

President Trump, who campaigned on eradicating the Venezuelan gang known as Tren de Aragua, brokered a deal with El Salvador's president that allows the U. The Trump administration used the Alien Enemies Act, a law not invoked since World War II, to send many of the Venezuelans there, claiming they were all terrorists and violent gang members.

Immigration court documents include a Facebook post from 14 years ago showing him flashing what officers said was a gang sign. Organized crime analysts say that while members of the Salvadoran MS gang can often be identified by signature tattoos, Tren de Aragua is different.

Immigration agents also flagged Reyes Barrios' crown tattoo as a gang symbol but they did not mention the crown is above a soccer ball. The Trump administration has released very little information about the Venezuelan migrants sent to prison in El Salvador.

Toczylowski said he had a strong asylum case. Hernandez Romero left his home country last May because he was targeted for being gay and for his political views, his attorney says. Toczylowski said she thinks it's unlikely that the U.

Tattoos and social media were also used to link Venezuelan migrant Jerce Reyes Barrios to the Tren de Aragua gang, government documents show. Holsinger said he heard a young man say, "I'm not a gang member. I'm gay.

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His lawyer said the tattoo honors his favorite team, Real Madrid, whose logo includes a crown. At a legal border crossing near San Diego, he was taken into custody while his case was processed. The year-old is among multiple migrants whose family members or lawyers have said were wrongly accused by the Trump administration of gang affiliation and deported to a notoriously strict El.

One day he was there, and the next day we're supposed to have court, and he wasn't brought to court," Lindsay Toczylowski, Hernandez Romero's lawyer, said. A gay makeup artist accused o.

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Lawyers and family members of the Venezuelan migrants told 60 Minutes they've had no contact with the men since they arrived in El Salvador. Hernandez Romero's tattoos were also visible in the photos taken of him by Holsinger.

Hernandez Romero had what is known as a credible fear interview, the first step in the process of seeking asylum in the U. But last month, Hernandez Romero did not appear for a court hearing in the U. Instead, he and others were taken in shackles to El Salvador.

Now back in Venezuela, Andry Hernández Romero recounted being detained in California for six months and then imprisoned in El Salvador for days. Those tattoos — crowns — were the only evidence U. A Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman said on social media that its intelligence assessments "go well beyond just gang affiliate tattoos.

Despite seeking asylum, Andry Hernandez Romero, a gay Venezuelan makeup artist, was deported to El Salvador's supermax prison by the Trump administration. Posts include photos of Hernandez Romero with makeup brushes and a bejeweled crown.