Documents appear to show how Trump admin identifies Venezuelan gang members: ACLU

In a recent court institution, the US Civil Freedom Union (ACLU) presented what they believe is a document that the Trump administration uses to identify members of a Venezuelan band and remove them under the Law on Alien Enemies.

The submission is part of their request for a preliminary order to ban the administration from deportation of migrants according to the law.

The document, entitled “Guide to Validation of the enemy of alien enemy”, seems to be a control list that the administration uses to identify Tren de Aragua (TDA) members with a point -based system according to the submission.

ACLU lawyer Oscar Sarabia Roman filed a declaration, saying that the organization believes that the document is used “to determine whether the Venezuelan non -citizens are members of Tren de Aragua and are subject to generalized removal under the Foreign Enemies Act.”

ABC News contacted the Ministry of Homeland Security for comment.

The ACLU’s control list is divided into six categories, including “criminal behavior and information”, “confession” and “court results and official documents” and assigns different quantities of points to different types of evidence that can be used to evaluate migrants.

Migrants, who score eight points and higher, are “validated as members of TDA,” the document said. But it seems that the document leaves a lot to the judgment of the icy employees who conduct the examination, stating that even migrants, who score only six or seven points, can still be considered members of the band after the employee consults with the head of the principal legal advisor and “reviews the facts.”

The document shows that people who evaluate five or less points should not be validated as a member of the TDA but encourages employees to initiate removal proceedings under other existing bodies.

Electronically communicating with a well -known TDA member costs six points, in other words, it seems that it is sufficient proof of an employee to classify a person as a member of the gang.

One of the categories designated as “symbolism” includes a section for “tattoos denoting membership/loyalty to TDA” and social media publications in the topic showing TDA symbols. According to the document, persons with tattoos, who are thought to be related to TDA, cost four points.

The document informs employees to consult the supervisory authorities before classifying migrants as members of TDA or initiate removal if they score eight or more points in the “Symbolism” or “Association” categories.

In his preliminary order proposal, ACLU also claims that Intel, collected at various TDA agencies, are “internally controversial.”

One document presented by ACLU – that they say it is from internal security investigations (HSI) – includes photos of tattoos that HSI is considering looking at TDA identifiers that include crown tattoos, trains, stars and watches. According to the document, additional identifiers include “often wear sportswear from American professional sports teams with Venezuelan citizens on them” and “dressed in high -end urban street wear”.

But a separate document, which ACLU claims to be from the Border Patrol Intelligence Division in the El Passo sector, said “have determined that Chicago Bulls’ clothing, clocks and pink tattoos are usually related to Venezuela’s culture” and are not indicators of members or co -co -co -members.

ACLU also presented a document called “Notice and Order for Detention and Removal under the Law on Enemy Enemy”, claiming that the government may require any alleged TDA member to sign. They say that the five plaintiffs presented in their court case did not receive the document.

“You are not entitled to hearing, appealing or judicial review of this notice and detention order,” the document said.