<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/immigration-and-customs-enforcement-ice" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Immigration and Customs Enforcement</a> (ICE) agents &#8220;targeted&#8221; more than 100 members of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) in Aurora, Colorado, on Wednesday.
The federal agents — which included officials from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Customs and Border Protection, and the FBI — went door-to-door to speak to residents at an apartment complex in Aurora, ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/ice-raid-aurora-arrests-venezuelan-gang/story?id=118483334" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Aurora made headlines last year after a Republican city official <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/co-city-official-sounds-alarm-on-venezuelan-gang-takeover-entire-complexes-under-gang-control" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sounded the alarm</a> on TdA members taking over some apartment complexes in the Denver suburb.
ICE did not specify how many arrests were made at the complex, adding that the investigation is &#8220;ongoing.&#8221;
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100+ members of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua were targeted for arrest and detention in Aurora, Colo., today by ICE and its partners <a href="https://twitter.com/FBI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FBI</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DEAHQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DEAHQ</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CBP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CBP</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ATFHQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ATFHQ</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/USMarshalsHQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@USMarshalsHQ</a> in an ongoing investigation. <a href="https://t.co/LzIVDjsee6">pic.twitter.com/LzIVDjsee6</a>
&mdash; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) <a href="https://twitter.com/ICEgov/status/1887170936819925317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Fernando Martinez, a 54-year-old man who was not arrested in the raid, told <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/02/05/colorado-ice-raid-targets-immigrant-gang-members/78248926007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">USA Today</a> that he was sleeping in one of his friend&#8217;s apartments at Cedar Run Apartments when ICE agents busted down the door.
&#8220;They come in with their guns drawn,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They flash banged me like three times.&#8221;
Acting Director Caleb Vitello said on Wednesday that the raid was necessary because local authorities are refusing to work with federal immigration agents.
“Unfortunately we have to come to the communities because we don’t get the cooperation that we need from the jails,” Vitello said. “It would be so much easier and so much safer for our officers and agents if we could take these people into custody from a safe environment. But if we have to come out in the community to do this, that’s what we’re going to do.”
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Time and again, criminal aliens prey on their own communities with sanctuary policies, knowing they’re free to commit crimes without repercussion. ICE &amp; its partners <a href="https://twitter.com/FBI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FBI</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DEAHQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DEAHQ</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CBP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CBP</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ATFHQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ATFHQ</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/USMarshalsHQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@USMarshalsHQ</a> are in Aurora, Colo., today to remove this very real public safety threat. <a href="https://t.co/L0KtxySl0f">pic.twitter.com/L0KtxySl0f</a>
&mdash; ERO Denver (@ERODenver) <a href="https://twitter.com/ERODenver/status/1887179376430641228?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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After Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky brought attention to the gang&#8217;s activity in Aurora last August, Fox News obtained <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/video-shows-armed-men-walking-through-co-apt-building-after-official-warned-of-venezuelan-gang-takeover" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> showing armed men walking through an Aurora apartment building and entering an apartment after knocking on the door with guns drawn. Colorado Democratic Gov. Jared Polis, however, dismissed the concerns over TdA taking over any apartments, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/co-dem-governor-says-alleged-migrant-gang-takeover-of-apartments-is-imagination" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> the &#8220;purported invasion is largely a feature of Danielle Jurinsky’s imagination.&#8221;
President Donald Trump quickly ramped up arrests and deportations of violent illegal immigrants after being sworn into office on January 20, and it&#8217;s not the first time Aurora has been targeted in a large raid under the Trump administration. Last month, DEA agents <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dea-busts-dozens-of-illegal-aliens-tren-de-aragua-members-in-colorado-raid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">busted nearly 50</a> members of associates of TdA at a makeshift nightclub in Aurora, where authorities seized drugs, weapons, and cash.

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There’s a common joke online that says the difference between a conspiracy theory and reality is only a couple of weeks. That principle proved to be true in 2024.
Throughout the past year, the media constantly jumped into “fact check” conservatives by downplaying concerns about President Joe Biden’s health, the presence of Venezuelan illegal immigrant gangs in the United States, and claiming any concerns about FEMA not helping conservatives were unfounded. As usual, the media were proved to be very wrong on each of those issues.
So, here are three of the biggest “conspiracies” that ended up coming true in the last year:
<h3>“Biden Will Drop Out And Another Candidate Will Take His Place”</h3>
<div id="attachment_768029" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-768029" class="size-large wp-image-768029" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/07/GettyImages-2159612774-864x576.jpg" alt="ATLANTA, GEORGIA - JUNE 27: U.S. President Joe Biden (R) and Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump participate in the CNN Presidential Debate at the CNN Studios on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. President Biden and former President Trump are facing off in the first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign." width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/07/GettyImages-2159612774-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/07/GettyImages-2159612774-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/07/GettyImages-2159612774-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/07/GettyImages-2159612774.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" />Credit: Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images.</div>
Even before he became president, conservatives were drawing attention to Biden&#8217;s declining mental acuity and physical struggles. As Biden’s presidency began, these concerns continued to percolate among conservatives throughout Biden’s stumbles and falls and slurring words.
The legacy media largely downplayed these concerns and some even said that he was in the best condition of his life.
“I’ve said it for years now, he’s cogent,” MSNBC host Joe Scarborough <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-scarborough-praises-best-biden-ever-says-to-critics-f-you-if-you-cant-handle-the-truth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in March 2024. “But I under-sold him when I said he was cogent. He’s far beyond cogent. In fact, I think he’s better than he’s ever been — intellectually, analytically — because he’s been around for fifty years.”
Despite the media ignoring Biden’s mental state, many conservatives still believed that Biden would be replaced by another candidate by the time Election Day rolled around. This belief was labeled as a “conspiracy” by NBC News.
In October 2023, NBC ran a <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/republicans-float-conspiracy-theory-biden-wont-ballot-rcna121467" target="_blank" rel="noopener">headline</a> saying “Republicans float a quiet conspiracy theory that Biden won&#8217;t be on the ballot.”
“Though no incumbent president has declined to seek a second term since Lyndon Johnson in 1969, there is an unfounded conversation among a faction on the political right that goes something like this: Democratic power brokers will intervene at the last minute to replace a weakened 80-year-old Biden with someone else as the party’s nominee,” the outlet reported.
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The outlet added that the theory was not a “mainstream thought within the Republican Party, but it has maintained a persistent foothold among a relevant chunk of the GOP base taking their cues from some party officials who continue to toy with the idea.”
Just months later, this “unfounded” conspiracy theory came true shortly after a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-go-into-full-blown-panic-after-biden-debate-performance-swap-joe-out" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disastrous debate</a> performance in June of 2024 against Donald Trump. During the debate, Biden’s decline was broadcast for all to see as he delivered raspy and mumbling answers.
Three weeks later, Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-drops-out-of-presidential-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> he was dropping out of the race, saying he would be endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris.
<h3>“Venezuelan Gangs Are Taking Over U.S. Cities”</h3>
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After videos emerged of reported gang violence being perpetrated by members of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in Colorado, legacy media figures and political officials rushed to downplay fears about the gang activity.
The situation exploded onto the national scene after Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/video-shows-armed-men-walking-through-co-apt-building-after-official-warned-of-venezuelan-gang-takeover" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> that gang members had taken over apartment complexes in the area. Video later <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/video-shows-armed-men-walking-through-co-apt-building-after-official-warned-of-venezuelan-gang-takeover">showed</a> armed men walking through an Aurora apartment building with guns drawn and entering an apartment after knocking on the door.
Despite the footage, Colorado Democratic Governor Jared Polis’ office <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/co-dem-governor-says-alleged-migrant-gang-takeover-of-apartments-is-imagination" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> the “purported invasion is largely a feature of Danielle Jurinsky’s imagination.”
The media also pushed back on the concerns after the Trump campaign amplified the warnings, alluding to concerns as “<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-debate-venezuelan-gangs-colorado-rcna170255" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rumors</a>” and accused them of making “<a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/vance-stands-trumps-false-claims-venezuelan-gangs-aurora/story?id=114751512" target="_blank" rel="noopener">false claims</a>” about the situation.
However, the concerns appeared to be validated earlier this month after the Aurora Police Department <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/19-suspected-venezuelan-illegal-alien-gangsters-detained-at-colorado-apartment-complex" target="_blank" rel="noopener">detained</a> 19 suspected illegal alien gang members from Venezuela at an apartment complex.
Police said that more than a dozen armed gang members accosted a male and female victim at the Edge at Lowry Apartments and forced them into a different unit at the complex.
This came after ABC News correspondent Martha Raddatz pushed back on the Trump campaign, telling Vice President-elect JD Vance that the “incidents were limited to a handful of apartment complexes.”
“Martha, do you hear yourself?” Vance responded. “Only ‘a handful of apartment complexes’ in America were taken over by Venezuelan gangs, and Donald Trump is the problem and not Kamala Harris’ open border?”
It is now reported that members of Tren de Aragua <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/violent-venezuelan-gang-tren-aragua-090027999.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">are active</a> in at least 19 states across the country.
<h3>“FEMA Is Discriminating Against Trump Supporters”</h3>
<div id="attachment_842641" style="width: 875px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-842641" class="size-large wp-image-842641" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-2043599653-1-865x576.jpg" alt="DEARBORN, MICHIGAN - FEBRUARY 27: A sign for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is displayed in a yard on primary election day on February 27, 2024 in Dearborn, Michigan. The Michigan Democratic and Republican parties held their primary elections today. Republican presidential candidate, former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley has vowed to stay in the race at least through Super Tuesday on March 5." width="865" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-2043599653-1-865x576.jpg 865w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-2043599653-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-2043599653-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-2043599653-1.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px" />Credit: Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images.</div>
Shortly after Hurricanes Helene and Milton devastated the Southeast, fears began circulating that federal authorities were slow-walking their response because of the conservative political leanings of many of the victims.
In Roan Mountain, Tennessee, for example, locals <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-a-small-tennessee-town-survived-helene-after-the-emergency-response-floundered">told</a> The Daily Wire it took nearly two weeks for FEMA to show up. The town is located in Carter County, which <a href="https://www.politico.com/2024-election/results/tennessee/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted 81%</a> for Trump on Tuesday. 
Trump was especially critical of the federal response, arguing that his supporters were being targeted.
“I’ll be there shortly, but don’t like the reports that I’m getting about the Federal Government, and the Democrat Governor of the State, going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas,” Trump said.
Outlets like the New York Times were quick to jump in and “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/04/us/politics/trump-helene-fema-fact-check.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fact check</a>” Trump for his “false” claims.
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell responded to the concerns by calling them completely incorrect.
“It’s frankly ridiculous, and just plain false. This kind of rhetoric is not helpful to people,” Criswell <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-fema-hurricane-helene-conspiracy-theories-criswell-07d5b1f6968cb2af11b63357186a1a15" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “It’s really a shame that we’re putting politics ahead of helping people, and that’s what we’re here to do.”
Just weeks later, Trump proved to be correct after The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-fema-official-ordered-relief-workers-to-skip-houses-with-trump-signs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that a FEMA supervisor in Lake Placid, Florida, ordered relief workers to “avoid homes advertising Trump.”
This directive led to at least 20 homes being skipped over as relief workers offered help to Hurricane Milton victims. FEMA responded to The Daily Wire’s report by firing the employee who issued the guidance and claiming the incident was “isolated.”
Criswell was also called to testify to Congress about the incident and request an Inspector General investigation into the guidance.
Since that time, more whistleblowers have alleged similar misconduct by FEMA in both Georgia and North Carolina.

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The Department of Homeland Security issued an internal memo last week, warning agents that the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) has expanded its territory in the U.S. to at least 16 states.
The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/11/19/us-news/tren-de-aragua-has-already-set-up-shop-in-these-16-states-homeland-security-warns/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on the internal memo on Monday, writing that DHS officials warned that TdA has most recently increased its &#8220;violent tendencies&#8221; in Washington, D.C., Virginia, Montana, and Wyoming. The Venezuelan gang also has a presence in California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin.
Around half of the U.S. population is in areas where the gang has made its presence known.
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NEW: The vicious Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua has expanded its territory to at least 16 US states — an area that includes half of America’s population, per a DHS memo we obtained.
The latest include Wyoming, Montana, Virginia, and DC.<a href="https://t.co/8NFxJbzjdo">https://t.co/8NFxJbzjdo</a> <a href="https://t.co/jeX58lwKrh">pic.twitter.com/jeX58lwKrh</a>
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According to the DHS memo, TdA&#8217;s foothold in the nation&#8217;s capital and surrounding Virginia suburbs coincides with “increases in migrant populations” in that area.
“As the population of Venezuelan nationals continues to increase, the potential for violent TdA migrants is highly probable,” the memo added, according to the Post. The memo said that TdA has focused on D.C. because it&#8217;s easy to travel from the nation&#8217;s capital to surrounding suburbs, where they commit thefts and assaults.
The Post reported that U.S. Border Patrol sources said TdA members cross the U.S.-Mexico border and are often released into the country under the Biden administration&#8217;s policies. TdA members are identified by their <a href="https://www.dps.texas.gov/news/dps-captures-tren-de-aragua-gang-member-houston" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tattoos</a>, such as a &#8220;five-point crown and a clock and roses.&#8221;
The illegal immigrant currently on trial for Georgia nursing student Laken Riley&#8217;s murder is &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-charged-with-laken-rileys-murder-is-active-gang-member-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an active member</a>&#8221; of Tren de Aragua, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sources told the Post earlier this year. Riley was killed while she was out for a run near the University of Georgia campus in February. The nursing student&#8217;s death sent shockwaves throughout the country as Republicans, including then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, called for mass deportations of criminal illegal immigrants.
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Tren de Aragua made headlines again over the summer when local officials in Aurora, Colorado, warned that members of the gang had taken over an apartment complex in the Denver suburb. In New York City, TdA members have been engaged in sex trafficking and police shootings, the Post reported. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director David Rausch also said last week that the gang is running sex trafficking rings out of Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga.
On Monday, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-confirms-plan-to-use-military-assets-for-mass-deportation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> that he plans to use the military to conduct mass deportations upon taking office.

DHS Internal Memo Warns Of Venezuelan Gang Increasing ‘Violent Tendencies’ In 16 States

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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) slammed ABC News host Martha Raddatz this week for downplaying stories of criminal illegal alien gangs in Colorado taking over entire apartment complexes.
Raddatz made the stunning remarks during a Sunday interview with Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) on &#8220;This Week,&#8221; claiming that the situation was only &#8220;limited to a handful of apartment complexes&#8221;.
Vance immediately <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jd-vance-wrecks-abc-news-host-martha-raddatz-do-you-hear-yourself">fired back</a> at Raddatz: “Martha, do you hear yourself? Only a handful of apartment complexes in America were taken over by Venezuelan gangs, and Donald Trump is the problem, and not Kamala Harris’ open border?”
“Americans are so fed up with what’s going on and they have every right to be and I really find this exchange, Martha, sort of interesting because you seem to be more focused with nitpicking everything that Donald Trump has said rather than acknowledging that apartment complexes in the United States of America are being taken over by violent gangs,” he continued.
Cruz responded to the interview during the most recent episode of his &#8220;Verdict&#8221; podcast with co-host Ben Ferguson.
“I&#8217;m actually surprised that Martha Raddatz didn&#8217;t finish her questioning with, ‘I&#8217;m Kamala Harris, and I approve this message’,&#8221; Cruz said. &#8220;I mean, it was pure, naked propaganda for the Democrats.”
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“Martha Raddatz has a very, very nice home in DC,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;She lives very, very comfortably, so not a problem for her if some little people have to deal with these criminals.&#8221;
Cruz called her comments &#8220;arrogant&#8221; and completely &#8220;out of touch&#8221; with reality.
&#8220;Only a handful of apartment complexes have been taken over by Venezuelan gangs, and she says, no big deal,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Look, I think ABC looks utterly ridiculous in that exchange.”
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It is insane that Martha Raddatz argued that it&#8217;s fine that gangs of illegal aliens have taken over apartment complexes.
Democrats and the media are radically out of touch with Americans suffering from crimes committed by illegal aliens.<a href="https://t.co/s30f1hexLF">https://t.co/s30f1hexLF</a> <a href="https://t.co/MsIdA2Ww76">pic.twitter.com/MsIdA2Ww76</a>
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1845932596876005800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2024</a></blockquote>

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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump announced on Wednesday night that he intends to visit Springfield, Ohio, and Aurora, Colorado — two cities that have been thrown into the national spotlight over migrant influxes.
Trump made the announcement during his rally in Uniondale, New York, telling supporters that he will travel to Springfield &#8220;in the next two weeks,&#8221; adding that he will also visit Aurora in the near future. Both places have become the center of the Trump-Vance message on immigration as residents speak out about the influx of migrants in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/what-has-my-town-become-springfield-residents-say-its-falling-apart-amid-haitian-influx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Springfield</a> and Venezuelan gang activity in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/co-dem-governor-says-alleged-migrant-gang-takeover-of-apartments-is-imagination" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aurora</a>.
&#8220;I&#8217;m going to Springfield and I&#8217;m going to Aurora,&#8221; Trump said as the crowd cheered. &#8220;You may never see me again, but that&#8217;s okay. I gotta do what I gotta do.&#8221;
&#8220;Whatever happened to Trump? Well, he never got out of Springfield,&#8221; he quipped. &#8220;I&#8217;m leading in Ohio by like 15 points — a lot. And we&#8217;re going to take care of Ohio, and we&#8217;re going to take care of Colorado, and we&#8217;re going to take care of every single state in the union. They&#8217;re all under siege.&#8221;
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🚨BREAKING: President Trump announces that he plans on visiting Springfield, Ohio and Aurora, Colorado. <a href="https://t.co/uVAHTXLImf">pic.twitter.com/uVAHTXLImf</a>
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1836558513687998691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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In Springfield, which has a population of around 58,000 people, residents have witnessed 20,000 Haitian migrants move into the town in a matter of a few years. Democrats and the legacy media have also focused on the Springfield story, arguing that Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, are wrongfully targeting lawfully present Haitian migrants after the Republicans cited unconfirmed reports of them stealing and eating residents&#8217; pets.
Some residents in Springfield <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/what-has-my-town-become-springfield-residents-say-its-falling-apart-amid-haitian-influx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Daily Wire that they feel less safe in their hometown, saying the police force is understaffed to deal with the large population increase thanks to the influx of migrants as crime in Springfield has spiked since 2020, according to FBI crime data.
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Meanwhile, Aurora — a suburb of Denver — is <a href="https://www.denver7.com/news/front-range/aurora/aurora-police-identify-10-documented-tren-de-aragua-members-in-the-city-9-have-been-arrested" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dealing with members</a> of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and reports of the group taking over some of the city&#8217;s apartment complexes. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/video-shows-armed-men-walking-through-co-apt-building-after-official-warned-of-venezuelan-gang-takeover" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Video</a> of armed men entering an apartment in an Aurora complex with guns drawn spread on social media, and two of the city&#8217;s leaders sounded the alarm on the gang threatening residents. Aurora police and Colorado Democratic Gov. Jared Polis have denied that Venezuelan gang members have taken over any apartment buildings in the city.
Last week, Aurora police revealed that it had identified 10 Tren de Aragua members in the city, adding that nine had been arrested, ABC Denver 7 <a href="https://www.denver7.com/news/front-range/aurora/aurora-police-identify-10-documented-tren-de-aragua-members-in-the-city-9-have-been-arrested" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-rips-stupid-people-allowing-gangs-to-take-over-colorado-apartments" target="_blank" rel="noopener">commented</a> on the reports of gang members taking over apartments in Aurora last month, saying, “Venezuelan gang members have taken over parts of the city. They’ve taken over apartment houses because these stupid people we have leading our country are allowing these people, these criminals to come into our country.”
“And we’re going to get them the hell out of here,” Trump added. “And this is just the beginning. Wait until you see what happens. Wait until you see what they’re doing.”

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Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/greg-abbott" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Greg Abbott</a> (R) formally declared the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua a &#8220;foreign terrorist organization&#8221; at a press conference on Monday, a move that comes after more than 100 members of the gang violently forced their way across the border earlier this year.
Tren de Aragua has repeatedly made headlines this year after allegations that gang members took over an <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/09/15/us-news/denver-suburbs-look-to-sue-over-over-sanctuary-city-policies-that-welcomed-migrants/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">apartment</a> complex in Aurora, Colorado, as well as a historic <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-hotel-with-alleged-venezuelan-gang-activity-ordered-temporarily-shut-down" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hotel</a> in downtown El Paso.
The gang is known for violent illegal activities including murder, smuggling drugs and people, and extortion, according to authorities.
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Yesterday, I announced Texas is launching a statewide operation to go after the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.<a href="https://twitter.com/TxDPS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TxDPS</a> will coordinate with federal and local partners through Texas Anti-Gang Centers to stop these dangerous criminals.
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“The recent entry and expansion of the vicious Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, is a dangerous and deadly problem facing our state and nation,” Abbott said.
The governor also announced a statewide operation to aggressively target the Venezuelan gang.
Texas&#8217; plan would involve a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years for Tren de Aragua members who smuggle people into Texas. The plan would also create a database to track gang members.
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&#8220;Our goal is to defend Texas from the growing threat of the gang. We will not let them use Texas as a base of operations to terrorize our citizens. They have a target on their back, and we are going after them. Texas is the wrong state for them to try to do business in,&#8221; the governor said.
The governor also revealed that back in March, more than 100 suspected gang members were part of the group that violently forced their way across the border.
“Earlier this year, more than 100 suspected TdA members were arrested after the riots at the El Paso border, when immigrants assaulted the Texas National Guard,&#8221; Abbott said.
During the chaos, which was <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/09/16/us-news/suspected-tren-de-aragua-gangbangers-were-part-of-the-migrant-group-that-rushed-the-border/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">caught</a> on video, hundreds of migrants pushed past razor wire barriers, knocking border troops in the process, with one migrant even stomping on a National Guard member&#8217;s knee.
Hundreds of those migrants had the charges against them dismissed, and dozens were allowed to go free.
Since then, members of Tren de Aragua have popped up all over the country, including allegedly robbing jewelry stores in Colorado and shooting two cops in New York.
The migrant <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/06/04/us-news/accused-cop-shooting-nyc-migrant-is-suspected-member-of-bloodthirsty-tren-de-aragua-gang-sources/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> of shooting two NYPD officers in Queens entered the country illegally last year, had his asylum case dismissed by the Biden administration, and then was apparently recruited by the gang.
Former President Donald Trump has made illegal migrant criminals a major theme of his presidential campaign this election cycle. He has accused the Biden-Harris administration of allowing dangerous criminals into the U.S., including some from prisons in places like Venezuela.
Trump has promised to launch a massive deportation operation targeting criminal migrants should he be elected again in November.

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Former President Donald Trump addressed a violent Venezuelan gang allegedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/co-city-official-sounds-alarm-on-venezuelan-gang-takeover-entire-complexes-under-gang-control" target="_blank" rel="noopener">taking over apartment buildings</a> in Aurora, Colorado, blasting &#8220;stupid&#8221; leaders who have allowed dangerous criminals to illegally enter the U.S.
Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky sounded the alarm earlier this week on Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, saying the group was taking control of apartment complexes in the city, which is just east of Denver. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/video-shows-armed-men-walking-through-co-apt-building-after-official-warned-of-venezuelan-gang-takeover" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Video footage</a> reported by Fox News on Thursday showed armed men walking through an Aurora apartment building and entering an apartment after knocking on the door with guns drawn.
Trump commented on the issue during his rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, on Friday and warned that if illegal immigration is not addressed, what&#8217;s happening in Aurora will only be &#8220;the beginning.&#8221;
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&#8220;You see what&#8217;s happening in Aurora, Colorado, today. Did you see this?&#8221; Trump asked his supporters. &#8220;Venezuelan gang members have taken over parts of the city. They&#8217;ve taken over apartment houses because these stupid people we have leading our country are allowing these people, these criminals to come into our country.&#8221;
&#8220;And we&#8217;re going to get them the hell out of here,&#8221; Trump added. &#8220;And this is just the beginning. Wait until you see what happens. Wait until you see what they&#8217;re doing.&#8221;
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President Trump on the armed Tren de Aragua SAVAGES taking over apartment buildings in Colorado: &#8220;These STUPID people we have leading our country are allowing these criminals to come into our country. We&#8217;re going to get them the HELL out of here.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/1yRHb6CX3B">pic.twitter.com/1yRHb6CX3B</a>
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Local leaders, such as Jurinksy and Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman, have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/co-dem-governor-says-alleged-migrant-gang-takeover-of-apartments-is-imagination" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blamed</a> federal immigration policies and Denver&#8217;s sanctuary city policies for the migrant gang problem in Aurora. Around 40,000 illegal immigrants have arrived in Denver since December of 2022 thanks to the city&#8217;s policies and handouts.
“You’ve had these massive waves of migrants coming across the border that many of them crossed the border illegally, were arrested, asked for political asylum, were not adequately vetted, were released into the country, [into] the city of Aurora,” Coffman said. “We did everything we could to, quite frankly, keep them … out of the city because it’s not our problem. This is a federal problem.”
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Colorado Democratic Gov. Jared Polis&#8217; office said the alleged gang takeover of Aurora apartments is &#8220;largely a feature of [Aurora City Councilwoman] Jurinsky’s imagination.&#8221; A spokeswoman for Polis said that &#8220;it’s illegal to take over buildings in Colorado,&#8221; adding that if Jurinsky has “knowledge” of such crimes taking place, Polis’ office is “ready to assist” police “in taking [the apartment buildings] back.”

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Trump Rips 'Stupid People' Allowing Gangs To Take Over Colorado Apartments

Colorado Democratic Gov. Jared Polis&#8217; office dismissed warnings of a violent gang taking over apartment buildings in Aurora, Colorado, telling <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/08/29/us-news/colorado-gov-jared-polis-dismisses-migrant-gang-takeover-of-aurora-apartments-as-imagination/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Post</a> that the &#8220;purported invasion is largely a feature of [Aurora City Councilwoman] Danielle Jurinsky’s imagination.”
Jurinsky <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/co-city-official-sounds-alarm-on-venezuelan-gang-takeover-entire-complexes-under-gang-control" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sounded the alarm</a> earlier this week on Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, claiming the group was taking control of apartment complexes in Aurora, a suburb of Denver. Fox News reported video footage on Thursday <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/video-shows-armed-men-walking-through-co-apt-building-after-official-warned-of-venezuelan-gang-takeover" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showing</a> armed men walking through an Aurora apartment building and entering an apartment after knocking on the door with guns drawn.
&#8220;The Governor has already let the Mayor know that the State is ready to support the local police department with assistance from state troopers and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation if needed,&#8221; a spokeswoman for Polis told the Post. &#8220;But, according to police intelligence this purported invasion is largely a feature of Danielle Jurinsky’s imagination.&#8221;
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The spokeswoman added that “it’s illegal to take over buildings in Colorado” and said that if Jurinsky has &#8220;knowledge&#8221; of such crimes taking place, Polis&#8217; office is “ready to assist” police “in taking [the apartment buildings] back.” She then cited statistics showing that &#8220;violent crime dropped in Aurora between 2022 and 2023.”
As Polis&#8217; office downplays concerns about the alleged gang takeover of Aurora apartments, Aurora Republican Mayor Mike Coffman <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/colorado-mayor-speaks-out-after-video-armed-venezuelan-gang-apartment-goes-viral" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News on Thursday that Venezuelan gangs are controlling at least two apartment buildings in the city.
&#8220;This is an organized criminal effort. Whether it&#8217;s trend, a drug war, that remains to be seen,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;Somebody put them there and somebody funded it, whether it&#8217;s federal government or not, we&#8217;re trying to find out who, these gangs apparently, or attracted to where there&#8217;s a concentration of, of, Venezuelan migrants. And so, they&#8217;ve, in fact, have kind of pushed out the property management through intimidation and then, collected the rents,&#8221; the mayor added.
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NEW VIDEO armed group at troubled <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/aurora?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#aurora</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/colorado?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#colorado</a> apartment complex now home to many migrants. Councilmember <a href="https://twitter.com/DaniJurinsky?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DaniJurinsky</a> says gangs have taken over the complex <a href="https://twitter.com/KDVR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KDVR</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/AuroraPD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AuroraPD</a> <a href="https://t.co/J1uie8Y2M6">pic.twitter.com/J1uie8Y2M6</a>
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A resident at one Aurora apartment complex also backed up Jurinsky&#8217;s claims, telling Fox News, “This is organized. They patrol the property with guns visibly, like they’re not trying to hide them. There’s no repercussion. These are ghosts.” The resident, who reportedly moved out on Wednesday due to the gang activity, added that gang members are dealing drugs in the building.
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Coffman blamed federal immigration policy and Denver&#8217;s sanctuary city policies for the increased presence of migrant gangs in Aurora.
&#8220;You&#8217;ve had these massive waves of migrants coming across the border that many of them crossed the border illegally, were arrested, asked for political asylum, were not adequately vetted, were released into the country, [into] the city of Aurora,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We did everything we could to, quite frankly, keep them &#8230; out of the city because it&#8217;s not our problem. This is a federal problem.&#8221;

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New video footage taken inside an Aurora, Colorado, apartment building appears to validate warnings from Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky, who said earlier this week that the complex is being <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/co-city-official-sounds-alarm-on-venezuelan-gang-takeover-entire-complexes-under-gang-control" target="_blank" rel="noopener">overtaken by a violent Venezuelan gang</a>.
The video footage reported by <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/video-shows-armed-gang-troubled-colorado-apartment-building-believed-have-been-taken-over-migrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> on Thursday shows multiple armed men walking through an Aurora apartment building and entering an apartment after knocking on the door with guns drawn. Jurinsky told Fox News earlier this week that the Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA), has taken control of apartment complexes in the city.
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NEW VIDEO armed group at troubled <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/aurora?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#aurora</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/colorado?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#colorado</a> apartment complex now home to many migrants. Councilmember <a href="https://twitter.com/DaniJurinsky?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DaniJurinsky</a> says gangs have taken over the complex <a href="https://twitter.com/KDVR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KDVR</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/AuroraPD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AuroraPD</a> <a href="https://t.co/J1uie8Y2M6">pic.twitter.com/J1uie8Y2M6</a>
— Vicente Arenas (@vicentearenastv) <a href="https://twitter.com/vicentearenastv/status/1828912965023568356?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2024</a></blockquote>
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A resident who moved out of the apartment building on Wednesday because of the gang activity told Fox News on the condition of anonymity, &#8220;This is organized. They patrol the property with guns visibly, like they&#8217;re not trying to hide them. There&#8217;s no repercussion. These are ghosts.&#8221; The resident added that gang members are dealing drugs in the building.
Jurinsky <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/co-city-official-sounds-alarm-on-venezuelan-gang-takeover-entire-complexes-under-gang-control" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> earlier this week that staff at some apartment complexes &#8220;have been beaten up, they’ve been threatened, their families have been threatened [and] complexes where there are no staff left on the property. These complexes are being run by this Tren de Aragua gang.&#8221;
“They start brokering apartments themselves when someone leaves out of fear or whatever. They go in and take pictures of the apartment themselves,” she added. “Then, I’ve been told, within hours, a Venezuelan family moves in.”
The Aurora Police Department <a href="https://x.com/AuroraPD/status/1828943029882716310?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1828943029882716310%7Ctwgr%5Edb9d8ea09cd53843877b95316cb1b3b75ae971c4%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fus%2Fvideo-shows-armed-gang-troubled-colorado-apartment-building-believed-have-been-taken-over-migrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> on Wednesday that it is &#8220;aware that components of TdA are operating in Aurora.&#8221;
&#8220;APD has been increasingly collecting evidence to show the gang is connected to crimes in the area. However, as we have said previously and as the DEA similarly stated, it would be improper at this time for the city and APD to make any conclusory statements about specific incidents or provide details about law enforcement strategy and operations,&#8221; the police department stated. &#8220;Based on our initial investigative work, we believe reports of TdA influence in Aurora are isolated.&#8221;
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TdA members have been known to work throughout the U.S., and one member of the gang, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-charged-with-laken-rileys-murder-is-active-gang-member-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jose Ibarra</a>, was arrested and charged earlier this year for the murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley.
Aurora, which is a suburb of Denver, has been affected by the migrant crisis in Colorado&#8217;s capital. Since December 2022, more than 40,000 illegal immigrants have arrived in Denver, and city officials have cut police, sheriff, and fire department funding to deal with the crisis.

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Video Shows Armed Men Walking Through CO Apt Building After Official Warned Of Venezuelan Gang Takeover

Video Shows Armed Men Walking Through CO Apartment Building After Official Warned Of Venezuelan Gang Takeover

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Parts of Aurora, Colorado, a suburb just nine miles east of Denver, are being overtaken by a violent Venezuelan gang, a city official told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/sanctuary-citys-policies-push-violent-migrant-gang-suburbs-nationwide-problem" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a>.
Denver&#8217;s sanctuary city policies are being blamed for the migrant crisis spilling over into the suburbs and bringing with it a rise in violent crimes and sex trafficking. The Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, has even taken control of apartment complexes in the city, according to Aurora City Council Member Danielle Jurinsky.
&#8220;We currently have entire complexes under gang control — complexes where staff have been beaten up, they&#8217;ve been threatened, their families have been threatened [and] complexes where there are no staff left on the property. These complexes are being run by this Tren de Aragua gang,&#8221; said Jurinsky.
&#8220;They start brokering apartments themselves when someone leaves out of fear or whatever. They go in and take pictures of the apartment themselves,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;Then, I&#8217;ve been told, within hours, a Venezuelan family moves in.&#8221;
Jurinksy added, &#8220;Parts of [Aurora] are under this gang control.&#8221;
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&#8220;The local media is downplaying this,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I believe politics is being played with people&#8217;s lives. &#8230; Nothing is being done to help the American citizens that are being trapped under this gang&#8217;s control.&#8221;
The Tren de Aragua gang has members across the country and is known for its brutality. One of its members, Jose Ibarra, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-charged-with-laken-rileys-murder-is-active-gang-member-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charged</a> with murdering Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. Another Tren de Aragua gang member, Jhonardy Jose Pacheco-Chirino, was arrested after beating a man at an Aurora apartment complex, according to police. He was arrested again after a shooting that injured two men, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/08/25/us-news/denver-tren-de-aragua-gang-violence-spills-over-into-aurora-colorado/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Aurora has <a href="https://archive.ph/3T3SQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sought</a> to stop illegal immigrants from getting bused to the &#8220;non-sanctuary city,&#8221; and the city council passed a resolution pledging that there would be no handouts for migrants in the city. The Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/08/25/us-news/denver-tren-de-aragua-gang-violence-spills-over-into-aurora-colorado/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Denver leads the country in new migrant arrivals per capita. Since December 2022, more than 40,000 illegal immigrants have arrived in the Mile High City.
Abe Laydon, a county commissioner in Douglas County — just south of Denver — said that Denver&#8217;s sanctuary city policies still affect the suburbs.
&#8220;Not too long ago, we saw this influx of 40,000 migrants [to Denver],&#8221; Laydon said. &#8220;Douglas County rang the bell and said, &#8216;Look, from a common sense perspective, it&#8217;s impossible that wouldn&#8217;t have a huge impact on resources in the Denver metro area – and it did.&#8221;
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Laydon said that Douglas County outlawed unscheduled bus stops and prohibited buses from San Antonio from dropping off migrants in the area. A Colorado state law passed in 2019, however, cripples local officials by preventing them from working directly with Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE).
&#8220;Our local law enforcement would like the ability to communicate with local immigration officials,&#8221; Laydon said. &#8220;We have been apprised that there has absolutely been an increase in property crimes, assault and trafficking, and it&#8217;s specific issues with the cartels coming out of Venezuela.&#8221;
In April, Denver city officials cut police, sheriff, and fire department spending to allocate more funding for the illegal immigrants who have arrived there. To pay for the &#8220;Newcomer Program Strategy,&#8221; Denver Democratic Mayor Mike Johnston announced cuts to police spending by $8.4 million and fire department spending by $2.5 million.

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Fox Business host Charles Payne revealed on Wednesday that his niece had been shot by gang members two weeks earlier while visiting a family friend in Harlem.
Payne made an appearance on &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends&#8221; to talk about former President Donald Trump&#8217;s planned rally in the Bronx, and he weighed in on the dramatic increase in violent and gang-related crime that was taking over the city.
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&#8220;Fox &amp; Friends&#8221; host Brian Kilmeade opened the segment with a mention of Trump&#8217;s upcoming rally in the Bronx, cutting to a video of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) reacting to it. She claimed that Trump was using the rally to &#8220;fleece&#8221; people out of their money so that he could pay his legal bills and was only doing it in the South Bronx because he had to be in court in Manhattan anyway for his hush-money trial.
&#8220;He can&#8217;t leave the Five Boroughs because he always has to be in court,&#8221; she claimed. &#8220;And so it is truly an embarrassment to him and I am looking forward to the response of everyday Bronxites talking about how they feel about him coming to their backyard.&#8221;
Lawrence Jones jumped in right after the clip ended, asking whether Ocasio-Crotez was the one who had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-ocasio-cortez-doubles-down-sabotaging-amazon-hank-berrien" target="_blank" rel="noopener">run Amazon out of her district</a> several years earlier.
&#8220;The irony, though, is that she would not be in Congress if the third-highest ranking Democrat wasn&#8217;t so arrogant that he didn&#8217;t even go campaign,&#8221; Payne replied, noting that Ocasio-Cortez certainly understood how important getting out an campaigning could be.
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He went on to say that he had a lot of relatives in the South Bronx, adding, &#8220;I&#8217;m thrilled President Trump is going there, I wish he would go to Harlem. Two Mondays ago, my niece was shot on the street that I grew up on. My niece was shot on the street that I grew up on! She doesn’t even hang out there; she doesn’t live there on the block anymore, but a good friend of mine who I’ve known for 45 years, her son passed away, and they were having a memorial for him, and so these guys — the gang violence is on the rise so much, it’s so underreported — so they come around with their masks, they’re shooting crazy, one third floor apartment was all busted up.&#8221;
Payne concluded with an update, saying that after a four-hour surgery and two weeks in the hospital, his niece had finally been released to go home a day earlier.

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The news out of Haiti the past few weeks has not been very good.
This should come as no great surprise, as the news out of Haiti has not been very good for the past 200 years or so. It is, of course, one of the most miserable and destitute places in the world: 60% of the country lives below the poverty line. The average life expectancy is under 65. I could go on listing depressing statistics, but that’s probably not necessary.
And yet somehow, recently, life in Haiti has gotten even worse. The situation has sunk below Haiti’s already extremely low baseline. If you lived in the country, you would right now be pining for the old days when you were merely miserable, starving, and destitute. That was far better than what’s happening now.
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What’s happening now is that the Haitian government, to the extent that it ever existed, has collapsed. Violent gangs have taken over the country and are prowling the streets executing people at random. The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/03/09/haiti-corpses-gangs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">describes the scene</a>:
<blockquote>On a ride through the gang-controlled streets of Haiti’s capital on Friday, past an improvised barricade, the motorcycle taxi reached a crossroad. First came the smell — of something burning. Then, the sight: a corpse, charred black, lying in the middle of street, its bones and feet sticking out of the pile of ash. The night before, Jimmy Boursiquot, a carpenter who lives nearby, heard two gunshots. Peering carefully out his window, checking his watch — it was 8:24 p.m. — he saw two men drive away, leaving the body behind, not far from a university administration office and one of Haiti’s largest telecommunications companies. A few hours later, he said, the men returned and burned the remains. The streets of Port-au-Prince reek with the stench of the dead. It’s a grisly new marker of the violence and dysfunction in this beleaguered Caribbean nation of 11 million people. In the absence of a functioning state, violent armed gangs have taken control of more than 80 percent of the capital, the United Nations estimates. Gunfire crackles at all hours. Residents who dare leave their homes stumble across bodies that have been left where they fell. Port-au-Prince reached a high of 92 degrees on Friday. The smell of decaying corpses, human rights activists say, has driven some people from their homes.</blockquote>
It’s a terrible picture. And it only gets worse, the more you look. Consider the guy who has now seized control of the country — a notorious gang leader going by the moniker “Barbecue” — who has launched a war against the remnants of the Haitian government while attacking prisons and freeing thousands of violent criminals in order to then recruit them into his gang. And if you’re assuming that there must be some horrific reason why the Haitian warlord has been nicknamed “Barbecue,” you’re right. It’s exactly what you think. Reportedly, he earned the name due to his habit of setting people on fire. In fact, Barbecue has been basically the de facto leader of Haiti for a while now. This is in spite of the fact that, nearly a year and a half ago, the UN leveled sanctions on Barbecue. 
As NBC News reported at the time, it was a move that was supposed to bring about “more peaceful days”:
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Well, shockingly, that didn’t work out. The sternly worded letters to the third world gang leader named Barbecue somehow didn’t have any noticeable effect. Barbecue didn’t listen to the UN press conferences and read their letters and say, “Gee, you know what? These folks are right. I should stop brutalizing innocent people.” That was not his response, which no doubt came as a shock to the UN.
Now things have gotten so bad that, according to reports circulating all over social media, the violent gangs terrorizing Haiti have even resorted to cannibalism. That’s the thing about Haiti. If it has proven anything over the past couple of centuries, it’s that a bad situation can always get worse, and then the worse situation can get even worse than that.
Unfortunately for us, here in the United States, Haiti is a violent, war-torn failed state that happens to sit not very far from our own borders. Which means that we have already been taking in thousands of illegal Haitian migrants every year, and those numbers are only going to go up.
How many of the illegal Haitian migrants are members of the brutal gangs terrorizing their country? How many are escaped prisoners? Now we must even apparently ask: how many are cannibals? These are questions that the Biden Administration certainly won’t concern itself with, and hasn’t concerned itself with. We will be called to open our arms to the downtrodden Haitians, even if that means our arms will be chopped off and eaten for breakfast.
But that’s not the point we’re focusing on right now. As important as the point is. Instead, recent events in Haiti have prompted a bit of a trip down memory lane for some conservatives on social media, who have reminded us about one of the many frivolous, media-invented controversies of the first Trump Administration.
You may recall that, way back in 2018, the Left became outraged and deeply offended when it was reported that President Trump had referred to Haiti as a “s***hole” — or craphole, as I will call it. According to reports at the time, Trump referred to Haiti and other third world countries as crapholes during a discussion on immigration. It was one of the many times when Trump reportedly said something that every normal American either has said, or would say.
Certainly, no normal person, if they heard someone in their everyday life call Haiti a crap hole, would respond with shock and horror. “How could you say that about Haiti?! It’s a wonderful place!” That’s not how any normal person would respond. But the media is not comprised of normal people which is why there was a lengthy outrage cycle which was over the top and histrionic even by the Left’s current standards.
The media proceeded to spend several days defending the beauty and majesty of the great nation of Haiti. There were many headlines like this from Mother Jones: “Despite It All, Haiti Is Still Not a Craphole.” And this from the Washington Post: “This is how ignorant you have to be to call Haiti a ‘Craphole.’” By the way, the title of the Washington Post article I read at the start of the monologue is: “Haitians shot dead in street and there’s no one to take the corpses away.” What a difference a few years makes. I wonder: can we call Haiti a craphole now, or would that still be “ignorant”?
But back to 2018, where this became a subject of discussion and condemnation on the late night alleged comedy shows as well. Here was Stephen Colbert registering his objections:
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Yes. Amen. Donald Trump isn’t the president of Haiti. Instead the de facto president of Haiti is a genocidal warlord named Barbecue. And he’s so much better than Donald Trump. After all, Donald Trump will use vulgar language that hurts your feelings. Barbecue will hack you into pieces and throw your mangled body into a bonfire. Which, I’m sure we can all agree, is greatly preferable to having our feelings hurt.
But Colbert wasn’t the only late night host sticking up for Haiti. Conan O’Brien was on the case as well:
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Absolutely. Lovely people. Even the cannibals. They are the loveliest cannibals the world has ever seen. And Conan didn’t stop there. 
He then embarked on a campaign to defend Haiti’s reputation. It was a campaign that even had its own merchandise:
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Just as a general rule here, if you can “make a difference” for a country by selling t-shirts, that’s a pretty good indication that it is not, by any reasonable metric, a great country. A second general rule is this: if a country is a failed state stricken by mass poverty and run by criminal gangs led by a guy named Barbecue, it is not a great country. It is not a great country now. And it wasn’t back then. Despite the claims of leftists who are so determined to oppose Donald Trump on every single point that they were even baited into pretending that Haiti is a utopian paradise.
My dream is that, if Trump wins in 2024, the first thing he’ll do is declare that it’s not a good idea to get into a rocket ship and fly directly into the Sun, so that Stephen Colbert will try to prove him wrong on that point too. “Oh yeah? You think the Sun isn’t a good place to visit? At least Donald Trump isn’t president of the Sun,” Colbert will declare moments before being incinerated.
Not to belabor a point that normal people don’t need explained in the first place, but, no, Haiti is not a great country. The word “great” in this context may have some ambiguity to it — people can define great in different ways — but at the most basic level a great country is one where its people are generally able to thrive and prosper. “Great” can mean more than that, but it must mean at least that. It is incoherent to describe a country where almost nobody prospers as “great.” It is much more coherent to describe such a country as a craphole. Indeed, you can usually detect the craphole countries, and distinguish them from the great countries, because people from the craphole countries are always trying to get into the great countries. It never goes the other way around. There has never been a flood of illegal migrants from the United States going into Haiti. The flood has always gone the other way.
And of course that brings us back to the most important point in all of this. The end result, the self-fulfilling prophesy we might say, which is that America becomes less great the more that it allows unchecked immigration from the very not-great countries. We are not a craphole like Haiti. But import enough of Haiti into this country, and we might eventually get there.
Then we will be the utopia that Stephen Colbert and Conan O’Brien dream of. Then maybe they’ll wear “America is Great Already” hats. And walk proudly down the street in that attire. Before they are descended upon by the cannibal hordes and promptly consumed. That’s what greatness is to them, apparently.