The Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) is infesting America courtesy of President Biden’s open border policies. Border Patrol agents are attempting to spot their signature tattoos among the endless mobs of illegals.
This gang has been especially difficult to combat because Venezuela refuses to accept deportees from the United States.
Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin quoted a source in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): “We have a ton of Venezuelans that we can’t get rid of…in fiscal year 2023, there were 335,000 encounters with Venezuelans at the border, but only 834 Venezuelans were deported. Venezuela is currently not taking any removal flights from the U.S.”
TdA has been behind numerous high-profile violent incidents in recent months. The illegals who violently assaulted New York City police officers — and then were released without bail —were affiliated with TdA. Jose Ibarra, who allegedly murdered nursing student Laken Riley in Georgia, has TdA connections. Gang members in New York have been linked to dozens of organized thefts using stolen mopeds.
Additionally, TdA is rumored to be allied with the brutal Salvadoran gang MS-13, who prefer knives and machetes to firearms.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ response to the problem has been to grant temporary protected status to Venezuelans who arrived in the U.S. before July 31, 2023. The justification was that returning to Venezuela would be too “unsafe” for the immigrants.
The reason for the “unsafe” nature of their return may be that many of them are gang members who would face severe consequences back home. It may indeed be much more difficult for TdA to conduct business in Venezuela than in the United States.
Furthermore, it is clear why Venezuela is not accepting its citizens back. Venezuela’s crime rate has plummeted during Biden’s presidency even as illegal immigration to the United States has spiked dramatically. The South American nation has been exporting its gang problem to the United States.
The murder rate in Venezuela was a massive crisis for the country.
The murder rate has sharply declined since Joe Biden opened the borders.
Now the 🇺🇸 gets to experience these murders and gang attacks. pic.twitter.com/xffELuMNfq
— Cernovich (@Cernovich) February 26, 2024
The Biden Administration has also bypassed Border Patrol by importing 320,000 illegals via flights in 2023. The administration will not disclose the cities where these flights landed. Many are rumored to be from Venezuela.
TdA members are identified by their extreme tattooing which often includes the face. Common TdA tattoos include trains, grenades, rifles and the number 23.
