Colorado GOP Rep. Greg Lopez is introducing legislation spurred by the alleged Venezuelan gang activity in an Aurora apartment complex.
FIRST ON FOX: A House Republican from Colorado is pushing the Biden administration to crack down on the presence of illegal immigrants involved with gangs inside the U.S. It comes after allegations that an organized criminal group from Venezuela supposedly took over an apartment complex in Aurora. Rep. Greg Lopez, R-Colo.
It is one of several bills House Republicans have introduced since reports of crime by illegal immigrants have piled up in cities and towns across the U.S. Illegal immigrants have been accused in multiple high-profile killings in the U.S. this year, including Laken Riley and Jocelyn Nungaray. In Colorado, Denver law firm Perkins Coie released a report this week that said the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua has a 'stranglehold' on Whispering Pines Apartments in Aurora.
News Colorado reported that Perkins Coie found the gang engaged in 'violent assaults, threats of murder, extortion, strongarm tactics, and child prostitution' since taking over the complex in late 2023.
We've been talking to the residents here and learning from them to find out what exactly is going on, and there's definitely a different picture,' Interim Aurora Police Chief Heather Morris said in a Facebook video, according to USA Today. 'I'm not saying that there's not gang members that don't live in this community.' Fox News Digital reached out to DHS and the city of Aurora for comment on Lopez's letter and bill, respectively.
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