Texas officials have designated a Venezuelan gang known as the Tren de Aragua as a 'foreign terrorist group' and echoed former President Donald Trump's claim that many migrants entering the US were released from prisons in Latin America.
Officials in Texas on Monday designated a Venezuela n gang called the Tren de Aragua as a 'foreign terrorist group' and endorsed former President Donald Trump's claim that many migrants crossing into the United States were released from prisons in Latin America. The Tren de Aragua is an international criminal organization that operates in several Latin American countries and engages in extortion, homicide, drug trafficking and smuggling of people, authorities say.
Immigration advocates present a very different picture, asserting that the Biden administration has harshly cracked down on the border with undue restrictions on people wishing to cross and seek asylum. Appearing at the same news conference as Banks, Gov. Greg Abbott formally declared Tren de Aragua a 'foreign terrorist organization.
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