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A disgraced former Milwaukee cop helped seal the fate of a gay Venezuelan stylist sent to a prison in El Salvador, according to report reviewed by USA TODAY. Now back in Venezuela, Andry Hernández Romero recounted being detained in California for six months and then imprisoned in El Salvador for days.

A gay makeup artist accused of belonging to. But concerns about the credibility of Charles Cross, Jr. I don't know what the law says on that, but I can't imagine the law would say anything different If they can house these horrible criminals for a lot less money than it costs us, I'm all for it.

Here's what to know about the case, as well as the latest on legal immigrants who have been detained by the U. His blood alcohol level was more than double the legal driving limit, court records show. Hernandez was transferred to a federal detention center in Texas a few weeks after his review with Torres and Cross, around March 6, according to a court filing.

Afterwards, he temporarily lost his job but later was reinstated after appealing to the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission. The legality of having contract workers detain and deport people is questionable, according to Greg Chen, senior director of government relations at the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

A report approved by the police-officer-turned-prison-contractor claimed the Venezuelan man was a member of the notorious Tren de Aragua gang.

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Four months after resigning from the Milwaukee Police Department, Cross was hired at CoreCivic, a company that runs many of the immigration detention centers for U. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. None of them have a criminal record.

The former officer appealed the decision and resigned in the process, according to the department. There, Torres questioned Hernandez. Historically, the gang designation was something made by a federal official and reviewed by supervisors before the allegation went in front of an immigration judge, he said.

He worked as a makeup artist for a state-run television station, where he was constantly discriminated against and threatened for his sexual orientation and political views, according to the affidavit. Additionally, inCross received a misdemeanor conviction after kicking in the door of the apartment he shared with his girlfriend and threatening to kill himself with his service revolver, according to court records.

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The incident landed him on the Milwaukee County Brady lista compilation of law enforcement officers with credibility concerns. Despite seeking asylum, Andry Hernandez Romero, a gay Venezuelan makeup artist, was deported to El Salvador's supermax prison by the Trump administration.

On one form, dated Dec. The Justice Department says these accelerated deportations of alleged gang members who Trump says "invaded" the U. This law was previously only used during declared war times against other countries. Last year, he quit his job and fled Venezuela for the U.

Hernandez claimed he was being persecuted as a gay man — one of the protected groups allowed to claim asylum under U. Hernandez initially tried crossing into the U. Border Patrol agents, who returned him to Mexico, according to court filings.