Freeman

IN BRIEF

Tattoo Checks Trip Up Visas

JULY 11, 2012

“Lawyers and criminologists say many tattoos causing trouble for immigrants symbolize gang membership but have been adopted by the wider public. . . .

‘If you are sporting a gang tattoo, it is reasonable for a consular officer to investigate if you have gang affiliations,’ said Ira Mehlman, a spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a group that favors curbing immigration to the U.S., adding, ‘Our government is competent to make these decisions.’” (Wall Street Journal) 

No chance, of course, that the “investigation” amounts to seeing a tattoo on a member of an officially unwelcome demographic.

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