Undocumented migrants in terror on frontline of Trump sweep
1 week, 2 days ago

Undocumented migrants in terror on frontline of Trump sweep

Raw Story  

by Romain FONSEGRIVES Construction worker Maoro has lived happily in Colorado for almost four decades, but for the last month he has hardly left his house, afraid that US immigration officials will swoop and deport him. "It's worse than a prison," the undocumented migrant tells AFP at his home in the city of Aurora, a major focus of Donald Trump's heated anti-immigrant rhetoric in the presidential election campaign. Then-candidate Trump seized on the footage as proof that Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had "taken control" of Aurora. "Everything that's going wrong in the United States now is because of Tren de Aragua," quips Alexander Jimenez, a Venezuelan who fled Nicolas Maduro's regime a year ago. A social media posting at the time insisted "100+ members of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua were targeted for arrest and detention in Aurora, Colo., today by ICE."

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Dozens arrested in Denver-area drug and immigration raid
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Dozens arrested in Denver-area drug and immigration raid

Raw Story  

Federal law enforcement agents announced that they took almost 50 people, including many who were undocumented, into custody Sunday in Adams County. An operation that involved members of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; the Drug Enforcement Agency; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and local law enforcement targeted what officials said was drug trafficking that involved members of …

Inside the first week of Trump's mammoth migrant round up… and the rapists and murderers heading home
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Inside the first week of Trump's mammoth migrant round up… and the rapists and murderers heading home

Daily Mail  

President Trump aggressively forged ahead with his pledge to carry out the largest mass deportation effort in US history in his first week back in power, arresting over 2,000 people in a widespread crackdown. Among the worst of the worst to be picked up by ICE on Friday included Cesar Augusto Polanco, 59, a Dominican Republican national who was living …

Aurora arrests: Gang-related kidnapping puts Colorado city back in national immigration debate
3 months ago

Aurora arrests: Gang-related kidnapping puts Colorado city back in national immigration debate

CNN  

CNN — The city of Aurora, Colorado, has reentered the national debate on immigration after a married couple was kidnapped by a group of undocumented migrants Monday night in their apartment complex and bound, beaten and pistol-whipped, police say. Police Chief Todd Chamberlain described the incident at The Edge on Lowry apartments as “without question a gang incident,” and police …

Trump Drives His Anti-Immigration Message In Aurora, Colorado
5 months, 1 week ago

Trump Drives His Anti-Immigration Message In Aurora, Colorado

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING AURORA, Colo. — Donald Trump detoured from the battleground states Friday to visit a Colorado suburb that’s been in the news over illegal immigration as he drives a message, often using false or misleading claims and dehumanizing language, that migrants are causing chaos in smaller American cities and towns. Ignoring those denials from local authorities, Trump painted …

Trump takes most direct swipe at Harris' border record yet and unveils plan to use 1798 law to dismantle migrant gangs
5 months, 1 week ago

Trump takes most direct swipe at Harris' border record yet and unveils plan to use 1798 law to dismantle migrant gangs

Daily Mail  

Speaking to a crowd of thousands of MAGA faithful in Aurora, Colorado, Donald Trump announced a brand new illegal migrant operation named after the town. Trump said Friday that Operation Aurora would act as a gang member removal program invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 'to target and dismantle every illegal migrant criminal network operating on American soil.' Republican …

How false claims of a ’complete gang takeover’ drew Trump to Aurora
5 months, 1 week ago

How false claims of a ’complete gang takeover’ drew Trump to Aurora

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump will hold a rally at a luxury resort in Aurora on Friday, a little over two months after local right-wing political figures began to spread the false and exaggerated claims about a gang “takeover” that have thrust the city into the spotlight of the 2024 presidential campaign. Trump will be joined at Friday’s rally by Republican …

Trump to hold rally in Colorado city that he says was overrun by migrant gangs
5 months, 1 week ago

Trump to hold rally in Colorado city that he says was overrun by migrant gangs

NPR  

Trump to hold rally in Colorado city that he says was overrun by migrant gangs Former President Donald Trump will visit Aurora, Colorado — a city he has falsely described as overrun by migrant crime and gangs. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has been talking lately about a city in Colorado, a suburb of Denver. There's an …

With false or misleading claims, Trump drives his anti-immigrant message in Colorado
5 months, 1 week ago

With false or misleading claims, Trump drives his anti-immigrant message in Colorado

LA Times  

Former President Trump arrives for a campaign rally in Aurora, Colo., on Friday. He used dehumanizing language, referring to his political rivals as “scum” and to migrants as “ animals.” “We have to clean out our country,” Trump said, repeating his common and false claims about migrants. To thunderous applause, he called for the death penalty “for any migrant that …

Trump seizes on one block of a Colorado city to warn of a migrant crime threat, even as crime dips
5 months, 1 week ago

Trump seizes on one block of a Colorado city to warn of a migrant crime threat, even as crime dips

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. They’re taking over,” Trump, who often …

Colorado gov. claims Aurora's migrant gang takeover is 'imagination'
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Colorado gov. claims Aurora's migrant gang takeover is 'imagination'

Daily Mail  

Jared Polis has denied that migrant gangs have taken over apartment buildings in Aurora - despite video evidence and a local leader's outcry. Polis has been in regular contact with the City of Aurora and the Aurora Police Department and has offered all state assistance to support their efforts if requested,' she said, adding that the governor's office expects to …

Venezuelan migrant gang takes over apartment complex in Aurora
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Venezuelan migrant gang takes over apartment complex in Aurora

Daily Mail  

Harrowing new footage has captured the moment an alleged Venezuelan gang seized control of an apartment complex in Aurora, Colorado. Cops refused to confirm whether the gunmen belong to the infamous Tren de Aragua cartel, but council member Jurinksy told Fox 31 that the building had been overrun by a Venezuelan gang. Harrowing new footage appears to capture the moment …

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