Colorado City Terrorized by Armed Venezuelan Gangs

so Ron you were a former border patrol agent Deputy acting director of us Immigration and Customs and among other things the chief of border patrol in 2017 you know a lot about the US border what was your reaction when you saw that there are apparently Venezuelan gangs now taking over Aurora Colorado or at least apartment buildings there well I'm sad about it you know I looked at the stats for CVP yesterday since 2017 till 2022 there have been exactly zero train de aragua arrests at the Border in 2023 we had like 40 in 2024 there's almost 50 people who have been arrested so this criminal organization this transnational criminal organization has not been in the United States until this last two years and so when you have an out of control border you have this trans ational criminal organization that comes in the United States from Venezuela now think about what happens in Venezuela every day there's no first amendment in Venezuela there's no fourth amendment in Venezuela and this gang thrived in such a degree in Venezuela that they controlled the national prisons right the the the federal prisons in Venezuela were controlled by this gang not the government not the people the this Tren Raga group ran the prisons in Venezuela just four or five years ago and so now they're here in the United States and they're taking over uh this this a couple of apartment complexes in uh Aurora Colorado near Denver and they are competing with other transnational criminal organizations in the United States Houston Dallas Miami uh Los Angeles they're competing with other criminal gangs to control illicit drug distribution in those cities and So within the last three years this group has thrived in the United States because of an outof contr control chaotic border you know the governor of Colorado and even some local officials maybe the mayor included seem to be downplaying what's happening here with the governor saying essentially it's a figment of people's imaginations I'm paraphrasing but why would they do that and in your opinion is this isolated or is this just a small sampling of what's going on in our communities we just don't know it yet yeah no this is this is woke policy a chaotic border and this Sanctuary cities all coming together to pray on the men and women of Aurora Colorado the these these towns these cities the White House currently is ignoring this problem and so the people of Aurora Colorado are are suffering because ice is not engaged in this because it's not on the priority list the the state and locals don't have the resources to take these people out of the community and so the folks in Aurora are suffering because of these policies that allow people who enter the country illegally commit other crimes and and no no no consequences for for them being in the country illegally and you don't think necessarily then this is an isolated in incident are there gangs I I know uh you know we live both live outside of Washington DC we've heard reports of MS13 here uh and other potential gangs are they living among us you know why should other people be concerned if you think that's the case about Aurora Colorado the mayor was quoted as saying essentially that you know when you compare it to 400 other thousand people in the town maybe it's not that big a deal it's it's really not that much of a threat your thoughts on that well here's the deal these people don't we we didn't invite them here they're not here looking for a better life they're here trading on what their business is which is transnational criminal organizations and so the we're it's going to be a it's already affecting major cities and towns in the United States now Aurora a small town outside of Denver is suffering the consequences of a chaotic border and an Administration this doesn't really care to protect American citizens the last time we were at the border at least together when we met um in 2022 at that time I believe about three million illegal immigrants had come over at that point now we are somewhere between 8 and N million what has happened in that massive surge who has come over here that we don't know about or we don't expect and what increasing danger in your opinion is that posing the longer this goes on because there does not appear to be any end in sight or perhaps even any serious desire to stop it yeah let's start there without the leadership at the White House without the direction without the tools being given to the front line of DHS we're going to continue to suffer As Americans not just at the border not just in the pipeline of people coming in the United States but every city and town in America and so that that's what needs to change in my opinion there's no will at the White House to control the Border there's no will at the White House to give the men and women of the front line the tools they need to control the border so that's a big problem and it we're all going to suffer for it because 10 million 8 million 7 million doesn't really matter if 1% of that population uh is meant to come here to do us harm we're all at risk and so that's the situation that we see and we have we we've seen it Lake and Riley uh Joselyn nungaray uh Rachel Morin all over the country we've seen people who have died and and and been abused at the hands of people who have come here from other countries in order to be criminals right they're wanted in their own countries uh we have no idea who they are DHS itself says that 85% of the people that they that have been encountered at the border have been released in the United States we have no idea who they are DHS itself says that about 2 million people ENT the country and have not been apprehended by law enforcement so we're all at risk and it's going to continue until someone puts their foot down and I'm afraid that in this Administration that's not going to happen until the election it's hard I think for some Americans to really understand what is actually happening unless you've actually seen the border and actually seen the amount of people coming over you know in groups you know it the face of the Border has changed it's not so much Central American migrants anymore it's not so much families It Is by all accounts it's a lot of you know what people say are military AED men and so you have that so you have a bigger drug problem now in America the fenel and other I always say that if you look at it it's almost like a bathtub that keeps overflowing over and over and over every day because it is happening 24 hours 7 days a week at this rate with no you know nothing really apparently in sight to stop this or even curtail it what is your opinion is this country going to look like if we've got 8 million now and it keeps going what do you think people should know about what things are going to start looking like in their own communities I think a lot of communities are obviously seeing the effects now New York City Texas the bigger urban areas but there are there are issues in the local smaller communities as well in Rural America in the suburbs here in DC pretty much everywhere there's almost 10 million people who have come to the United States without being invited no visas no vetting they're they're here uh they if they were encountered by border patrol at at the border and released into the United States and so every city in town is at risk people need to realize that if 1% of that 10 million that population um is here to do us harm then we're all that those are your neighbors every city and town in the United States is at risk um and so people need to be prepared they need to protect themselves because we have no idea look what's happening in color in Aurora nobody's coming to save that apartment complex you know the police is and mayor are downplaying it the federal government as far as the media reports are concerned is not involved in this situation yet and so those folks on the ground there are going to have to protect themselves and I would give that advice to everybody that's watching today yeah it's it's a definitely a tough situation especially for those border patrol agents I know you're you know you've got your you know your fingers on the pulse of what's Happening um I know you've talked to folks out in Aurora um On the Border itself what are they facing and you know is is there anything they can do to really you know under the circumstances make this any better I mean it's it's by all accounts a lot of Catch and Release um you know what's the Hope here for the border patrol agents well the hope is that they have new leadership U starting in January in next year that that is what is going to save them and protect them in the meantime morale is in the tank uh people are retiring at record levels if they if they're eligible they're leaving why would you stay in a career in a job in which you're facilitating danger to the rest of the country um and so yeah I I would ask your viewers and your listeners to pray for the men and women that are out there because they're up against it they are faced with a situation in which they know tools exist for them to do their job better to hold people in custody to end the Catch and Release so-called uh at the at the Southwest border but they don't have those tools they've not been given to them by this Administration and so um my hope is um that that they waited out and the and the hardworking patriotic men and women on the front line um are going to get some relief starting in January what do you think the end game is here not to curtail this Mass migration into the United States what's what's the point of all this they're changing the electorate right we have more illegal immigrants going into California than the people that are moving out of California right so people are voting with their feet their U-Hauls going out of California is at the at record levels and so they should be losing seats in the Congress um as we speak but they're not because when the census comes out they're going to count the people who are there not the legal people that are there not the US citizens that are there but everybody that's there and so the Democratic party unfortunately has sold out the American people and they care more about this illegal immigrant population than they do the rest of us and that I think that's their plan I think that that you know for Generations they're they're trying to take power they're adding seats to a place like California which should be diminishing seats and adding to Texas and places like Florida um and that that's the situation right this is the end game is they want to replace us they don't really care about American citizens when they let 50,000 plus Chinese Nationals into the United States 85% of which have been released into the United States the rest are going to be released in the United States and there's no National effort to keep them in custody to vet them to make sure that not here to harm us that's what's happening every day on our border what is the safety at stake in our communities you know we enjoy right now you know most of us walking around we feel pretty safe we don't feel you know it's it's it's America right um what is the threat as this goes on is are we gonna continue to be safe feel safe be able to walk around like we do because we know that officials have said bluntly that we are ripe for a terror attack among other things right I mean how is this going to change ultimately the American way of life well there's 10 million people who who are here that we didn't invite that we didn't ask they're not been vetted they've not they don't have a Visa they're not here as visitors they're not here to you know do whatever they want to do in the in the United States so we have a population of 10 million people if 1% of that population is here to do Americans harm we're all at risk and so that is the threat that exists not just in the big cities not just in the in in in at the border but everywhere in the United States and so it's just a matter of time that we understand who these people are what they do uh and we've already seen it you saw the people who attacked the police in Times Square in New York City uh you know we've seen the victims uh these young women who have been killed at the hands of Venezuelan gang members we've seen Aurora Colorado where you know a gang that we didn't know the name of until about two years ago trer aragua who is now taking over uh apartment complexes in a city just outside of Denver and so these are the kind of things that we're all at risk for um and continuing because the border is still out of control there's still thousands of people coming every single night um the government itself has reported that over 100,000 people last month who who who were not invited who are illegal otherwise in under the law have been led into the United States and so yeah it we're all at risk uh people need to be in a situation where they can protect themselves because these are it's every city and town uh in the United States that's going to be affected by this sitting here today what is the biggest threat to Americans right now is it the drug crisis with the fenel pouring over the borders and Other Drugs is it the threat of a terror attack is it the burden on the taxpayers to fund all of this what in your opinion is the biggest threat right now well the threat is that there's 10 million or so people in the United States that have not been invited here we have no idea who they are and then another two million you know by government records within that 10 million or two million people we have no idea they've not been encountered by law enforcement so no fingerprints no records checks and so why are they here why did they evade law enforcement at the border if they have an 85% chance to be released into the United States that's the big problem that we face when people see or in other countries drug cartels gangs whoever they see what's happening in Aurora and they seem to be getting away with it thus far right is that encouraging more of this activity is it emboldening the cartels and gangs and whoever may want to do Americans harm or take over their property or what have you is this inviting more people well that's a very good point it's all about the incentives if you come from the third world doesn't matter what what country you sell all your things you put yourself in the hands of Smugglers you get in the pipeline you make it to the Southwest border you get encountered by La enforcement from the United States and then 85% chance of being released into the country that's a strong incentive that's a huge pull from the third world into the into America and so if we don't end that incentive structure we're going to continue to get more of that and those people 50,000 plus Chinese people from all over the world 125 plus countries um we have no idea who are but they're out in and and Among Us that's the threat that Americans face right now and it won't change until those incentives are ended if president Trump gets elected and puts some of his immigration policies all of them more of them into place is there any hope for getting this situation back under control that there are steps and and measures that he can take um that we were part of in the last Administration to control the Border if you end the incentives a release into the United States if you end that process then you get a smaller population of people coming to the border every 24 hours right when when President Trump in in the surge during President trump it was like 3,000 people a day coming to the Southwest border by the time he implemented the Romain and Mexico program the Asylum Accords with the uh with the northern triangle countries that went down to hundreds of people trying every 24 hours but 50,000 beds for detention for those that were arrested at the Southwest board if you end those incentives that problem becomes much smaller and then his policy now if you if you hear if you're listening to the campaign is to deport the people who have come the 10 million people that are here uninvited and so if you again you end the incentive of them being in the unit States being on the economy being in the in the country and and you know having the better life if you will um deporting those people correcting what's happened over the last three plus years um is an important way to protect Americans um and then send a message around the world that we're not going to tolerate tens of thousands of people coming to the border every month uh and just being released into the United States if you end that incentive um we're all going to be safer for it I mean obviously KLA Harris was borders are um that seems to be a little bit controversial now they don't seem to want to talk about that anymore but um if she does get elected based on past performance what are you expecting to happen if she wins more wokeism more disaster more chaos at our Southwest border um tens of thousands of people coming into the country Uninvited unvetted and then released into the United States we have to end this policy this feckless policy of the current Administration to protect Americans and until we do that we're all at Great risk what message do you have to the American people before election day think about the record that each of these political candidates have we have four years of Donald Trump who was an enthusiastic supporter of the Frontline at DHS and gave us the policy and the tools to control the Southwest border to stop Catch and Release and then you have what's been happening for the last three and a half years under the Biden Harris Administration in which they've devolved and supported their woke policy and where tens of thousands of people have come to our Southwest border and released in the United States uh almost 10 million people here who have not been invited who have not been vetted or are in cities and towns near us and so you have those two records to think about when you go into the voting booth Ron thank you appreciate it