According to recent reports, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested over 100 members of the criminal Tren de Aragua gang in Aurora, Colorado. Over the past few years, the embattled town of Aurora has made headlines after the gang was reported to have taken over various apartment complexes, terrorizing residents.
Between January 21 and February 3, ICE reportedly arrested 194 members of the gang who were in the country illegally and officials are preparing deportation flights back to Venezuela. Additionally, a breaking report on Wednesday morning claimed that ICE had detained more than 100 Tren de Aragua members in Aurora alone after “lightning raids.”
The popular X account Border Hawk posted, “BREAKING: More than 100 Tren de Aragua gangbangers rounded up during lightning raids in Aurora, CO.” The post noted that it would follow up with additional information as the story developed. Users in the comments section cheered the news as President Trump has moved quickly to enact his agenda.
“President Donald Trump told the American people he’d arrest and deport members of the brutal Tren de Aragua gang, and he’s doing just that,” said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. “Illegal immigrant criminal gangs like Tren de Aragua will no longer be able to terrorize American communities under President Trump’s leadership.”
So far, the Trump administration has reportedly arrested over 7,000 criminal illegal immigrants amid large-scale ICE operations in various major American cities. Furthermore, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem recently announced that the U.S. will utilize the military prison Guantanamo Bay to house deported illegal aliens.
President Trump stated that some of the arrested individuals should not even be held in the United States. “Some of them are so bad we don’t even trust the countries to hold them, because we don’t want them coming back, so we’re gonna send them out to Guantanamo,” Trump said. “This will double our capacity immediately, right? And tough. That’s a tough, that’s a tough place to get out of.”
The American Tribune recently reported on comments from Trump administration border czar Tom Homan who illustrated the “huge national security issue” posed by illegal immigration, necessitating the deportation efforts. “President Trump has been clear, as I’ve been clear from day one, the president is going to concentrate on public safety threats and national security threats. And have you heard from your previous segments, we have a huge national security issue in this country,” he said, speaking to CBS’ Margaret Brennan.
Homan added, “The Southwest border has become the biggest national security vulnerability we’ve seen in this nation. FBI Director Wray agrees with me. We know there’s people in this country who oppose the national security threat.” He also noted, “They’ve arrested a record number of people on terrorist watch lists, a 3500% increase in people on the terrorist watch list being arrested at the border. We got over 2 million known gotaways. We know 2 million people crossed the border, weren’t arrested, weren’t vetted, weren’t fingerprinted.”
Watch Homan below: