Inked Mag Staff
March 23rd, 2017
Tattoo Removals Spike Amid Fears of Trump’s Immigration Policy
Can your ink really get you deported from the U.S.? As of recent, tattoo removal clinics in the United States have seen an upsurge in business lately. However, their appointment…
Can your ink really get you deported from the U.S.?
As of recent, tattoo removal clinics in the United States have seen an upsurge in business lately. However, their appointment books aren’t filling up with people who hate their old Tasmanian Devil tattoos. Instead this new wave of clients are immigrants who are flooding these clinics to get certain tattoos removed, as to not be mistaken for gang members—who are President Donald Trump’s main targets under his new immigration policy.
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