Texas Republican Party demands Biden-Harris administration to provide 'full explanation' for mass release of Venezuelan migrants as the deadly Torren de Aragua prison organization unleashes violent crime across the US I am doing it.
Lone Star State Rep. Chip Roy and Sen. Ted Cruz sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday asking who and where the Venezuelan immigrants released by the Biden-Harris administration are and how the federal government asked how they are responding to TdA's response. An alarming presence in several US states, including Texas.
“The Biden-Harris administration is importing illegal Venezuelan aliens at an alarming rate and allowing criminals, including the Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang, to gain a foothold in communities in Texas and across the country. Texans and Americans deserve better,” the lawmakers wrote.
“The significant increase in crime committed by undocumented Venezuelans is a direct result of this administration's deliberate policies.”
The Biden-Harris administration will allow passengers to bypass the border and fly directly to the U.S. starting in October 2022, according to the letter from Roy and Cruz. He said that through the program, 117,000 Venezuelan migrants have been released on parole and admitted to the country.
In addition, federal border officials have encountered 750,000 Venezuelan migrants entering the country through the southern border, according to federal data.
DHS did not immediately respond to The Post's request for comment.
The Venezuelan migrants streaming across the border included members of Torren de Aragua posing as asylum seekers, as the South American country does not easily share information about its citizens with the United States. , they easily passed the federal vetting process, Border Patrol sources said.
Federal authorities have released an unknown number of TdA gang bangers into the United States, with little information revealing the gang ties of Venezuelans.
Several recent instances of high-profile crimes by TdA have now been documented, including a recent law enforcement raid on a San Antonio apartment complex occupied by the gang. Expansion is shown.
During the raid, police arrested 20 people, four of whom were confirmed TdA members, including one who was an “enforcer,” San Antonio Police Chief McManus said.
Torren de Aragua also occupied the now-closed Gateway Hotel in the Texas border town of El Paso. There, gangs engaged in sex trafficking and violent fights, leading to nearly 700 police calls.
In El Paso, more than 100 suspected TdA members were also arrested for participating in a wild immigrant riot that The Post exclusively covered in March.
Two undocumented Venezuelan immigrants accused of killing 12-year-old Houston girl Joselyn Nungaray are also suspected to be TdA members and are under active investigation for possible ties to the prison gang. .
A Dallas resident was pistol-whipped and received death threats after his home was broken into and his valuables stolen by a TdA-led immigrant group.
Nationally, TdA has spread its tentacles and reared its ugly head in New York, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Illinois, California, Wisconsin, Florida, Georgia, and New Jersey, where similar violent immigration crimes are occurring. are.
