FILE - A doctor, using a laser, removes tattoos from an ex-gang member deported from Los Angeles at a clinic in San Salvador, Wednesday, June 6, 2007. A crown over a soccer ball. An eyeball that ...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s leadership continues to make progress on proposals meant to root out deputy gangs and cliques, but the agency hasn’t settled on policies that would ban ...

A crown over a soccer ball. An eyeball that "looked cool." Flowers. Those are some of the everyday tattoos that defense lawyers say helped lead to the sudden weekend deportation of roughly 200 ...