President-elect Trump's “border czar” Tom Homan calls on the Aurora Police Chief to hand over Torren de Aragua (TdA) gang suspects to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents for deportation. Ta.
The Aurora Police Department arrested 14 suspected TdA gang members Tuesday in a home invasion at an apartment complex whose video went viral over the summer.
Torren de Aragua gang member arrested on suspicion of occupying apartment building in Aurora, Colorado: Police
Aurora Police Department Chief Todd Chamberlain provided an update on the arrest at The Edge at Raleigh Apartments, calling the incident “without a doubt a gang incident.”
Aurora Police Department Chief Todd Chamberlain speaks to the media during a press conference Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, in Aurora, Colorado. Chief Chamberlain told reporters that the overnight home invasion in which 14 people were arrested is believed to be a “gang incident.” (Derek Schock, Fox News Digital)
Homan told American Report on Tuesday that the only thing missing from Chamberlain's news conference was an ICE officer standing next to him at the podium.
“So he's only paying lip service, but let's hope he actually acts and turns these people over to ICE when he's done with them, because we don't want them in the community. Because you can exclude them not only from society but from the country,” Homan said. “If law enforcement officers do not cooperate with us, we will definitely do so starting January 21st.”
Homan told Fox News co-anchor John Roberts that he was prepared to meet with mayors from blue states to help get the immigration crisis under control.
Venezuelan gang member involved in violent apartment takeover arrested in New York City
FILE – Asylum-seeking migrants line up at a makeshift mountain campsite to be processed after crossing the border with Mexico, Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory bull, file) (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
“I'm going to meet with anybody. This is about public safety and national security, so let's meet. Let's work together. It doesn't have to be an immigration judge. We will. But… Be a police officer. Be a law enforcement officer. We've elected a representative for your community,” he added. “Love your community a little more than you hate Trump.”
In July, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned TdA for engaging in “a wide variety of criminal activities, including human smuggling and human trafficking, gender-based violence, money laundering, and illegal drug trafficking.”
“As part of the Biden-Harris Administration's efforts to target transnational criminal organizations, we are targeting criminal organizations that prey on vulnerable populations and engage in a variety of criminal activities across borders to generate revenue. “The U.S. financial system deploys all its tools and powers against organizations like Torren de Aragua that commit human rights abuses,” the undersecretary for terrorism said. Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson This was said in a statement released by the Ministry of Finance.
These images are from a CBP intelligence bulletin and show Torren de Aragua's tattoos and identifiers. Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced a $5,000 reward for information leading to the identification and arrest of known or suspected TdA members. (ice)
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to implement mass deportations of immigrants who entered the country illegally during the past three-and-a-half years of the Biden-Harris administration when he takes office in January.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
“We are starting now Largest mass deportation “We can't go down in the history of this country because we don't have a choice. It's not sustainable,” Trump said at a press conference at Mar-a-Lago in August. And we're going to start with violent criminals, and we're going to start with criminals, and our local police are going to work with us because they know everything about people. ”
