Trump deports gay makeup artist

Posts include photos of Hernandez Romero with makeup brushes and a bejeweled crown. Toczylowski said he had a strong asylum case. A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.

Hernandez Romero's tattoos were also visible in the photos taken of him by Holsinger. Toczylowski did not know where he was.

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Immigration court documents include a Facebook post from 14 years ago showing him flashing what officers said was a gang sign. Reyes Barrios was a soccer player in Venezuela. 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.

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.

His lawyer said the tattoo honors his favorite team, Real Madrid, whose logo includes a crown. Holsinger said he heard a young man say, "I'm not a gang member.

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Rachel Maddow reported Thursday night that a young gay Venezuelan man, deported without due process under a Trump administration directive, has been identified publicly for the first time. I'm a stylist. Hernandez Romero left his home country last May because he was targeted for being gay and for his political views, his attorney says.

Topline Andry Hernandez Romero, a gay, Venezuelan makeup artist deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration last month, cried for his mother as prison guards manhandled him and shaved his. I'm gay. Immigration agents also flagged Reyes Barrios' crown tattoo as a gang symbol but they did not mention the crown is above a soccer ball.

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. At a legal border crossing near San Diego, he was taken into custody while his case was processed.

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. 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.

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. 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.