Incredibly draconian? These are the people who cut off other people's hands and feet, and murder, with machetes, and they're doing it here in northern Virginia as well as in their own country. They are not getting the tatoos as a lifestyle choice. They are getting tatoos to intimidate those with whom they come in contact. We have no obligation to admit these people or let them stay here, regardless of how cooperative the Salvadoran government might be. And the Salvadorans are entitled to be as draconian as they feel necessary. This is, by the way exacerbated by our birthright citizenship policy. A lot of the Salvatruchas were born in America to illegal Salvadoran parents, so we can't get rid of them. Mala gente.
I thought it was clear I was approving of the draconian punishment for gang tattoos. That's why I held their fierce anti-gang measures up for praise, as an example of why they are deserving of special consideration from the US government. I agree MS-13 are very much mala gente.