Defense lawyers say some of the roughly 200 Venezuelan men the U.S. deported after accusing them of being gang members were targeted because of their everyday tattoos.

The bottom line: While many people in gangs have tattoos that demonstrate their membership, many people who have absolutely no gang ties also get similar tattoos.

Relying on them to determine gang membership has led to systematically misidentifying people as gang members – particularly as tattoos have become more popular.

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

Those are some of the everyday tattoos that defense lawyers say helped lead to the sudden weekend deportation of roughly 200 Venezuelan men who are accused of being members of the ruthless gang ...

Venezuelan men have been deported by the U.S. to El Salvador.A document shows that tattoos and clothing were used by immigrant officials to determine gang membership.

Defense lawyers say some of the roughly 200 Venezuelan men the U.S. deported after accusing them of being gang members were targeted because of their everyday tattoos.

Those are some of the everyday tattoos that defense lawyers say helped lead to the sudden weekend deportation of roughly 200 Venezuelan men who are accused of being members of the ruthless gang ...