We knew this was coming: some sob stories were published to make the Trump administration look bad regarding its efforts to enforce federal immigration law and the deportation of illegal aliens. Mass deportations have popular support; we voted for this. We’re starting with the criminal aliens, but illegal aliens, in general, are going to be deported if found. The Trump White House uses the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to accelerate the deportation process.
The liberal media is hung up on purported stories of those being sent to prisons in El Salvador, which has agreed to store some of these bad apples, like soccer player Jerce Reyes Barrios. Those who wish to keep foreign terrorists in America would say his tattoos are just soccer logos. Trump has used the Alien Enemies Act specifically to boot members of Tren de Aragua out of here, a gang he’s designated a foreign terror group (via ABC News):
An attorney representing a migrant sent to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act says her client was deported due to a soccer logo tattoo, according to court declarations submitted Wednesday night.
Linette Tobin is representing Jerce Reyes Barrios, a professional soccer player from Venezuela who protested the Maduro regime in February and March 2024 and was detained and tortured after one of the demonstrations.
Barrios came to the U.S.-Mexico border legally through the CBP One app in September 2024 but has been accused of being a Tren de Aragua, or TdA, member and was detained at a facility under maximum security, Tobin said.
The DHS’ Tricia McLaughlin set the record straight:
Jerce Reyes Barrios was not only in the United States illegally, but he has tattoos that are consistent with those indicating TdA gang membership. His own social media indicates he is a member of the vicious TdA gang. That all said, DHS intelligence assessments go beyond a single tattoo and we are confident in our findings.
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Jerce Reyes Barrios was not only in the United States illegally, but he has tattoos that are consistent with those indicating TdA gang membership. His own social media indicates he is a member of the vicious TdA gang.
— Tricia McLaughlin (@TriciaOhio) March 20, 2025
That all said, DHS intelligence assessments go beyond a… https://t.co/xFe48KzAYg
Oh, and that gay makeup artist, Andrys, is also apparently a Tren de Aragua member. He's another story that's being used to attack Trump's immigration agenda:
Read the full piece from @TIME:https://t.co/Cvw68zc1rU
— Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 (@JoshEakle) March 23, 2025
No. DHS intelligence assessments go well beyond just gang affiliate tattoos.
— Tricia McLaughlin (@TriciaOhio) March 24, 2025
This man’s own social media indicates he is a member of Tren de Aragua. https://t.co/UdVemUhAfq
So, it seems another liberal media narrative about illegal immigration might have imploded.
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