The edited picture boosted the saturation and made Pretti appear a few shades more tan than he actually was. It reshaped virtually every aspect of his face, including the angle of his jaw, the bent of his nose, and his hairline.

Some speculated that whoever altered the picture to begin with was trying to make Pretti look more “pretty” so he could seem like a more appealing “poster boy” for the anti-ICE movement.