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(NewsNation) — President-elect Donald Trump’s caller borderline czar, Tom Homan, tells NewsNation’s Ali Bradley transgression gangs similar Tren de Aragua will beryllium his “priority target,” and helium volition basal them retired erstwhile helium takes office.
“We've been saying from Day 1 that the precedence close retired of the gross is nationalist information threats and nationalist information threats. Tren de Aragua is simply a nationalist information threat," Homan said. "They person proven that they're successful astatine slightest 16 states crossed this country, and they'll beryllium a priority."
Tren de Aragua is simply a pack that started successful a situation successful the Venezuelan authorities of Aragua astir a decennary ago. It’s since expanded into what the Justice Department calls a “transnational transgression organization.”
The pack has dispersed to 16 U.S. states, according to a New York Post report citing an interior Department of Homeland Security memo. The Venezuelan gang is the fastest-growing transnational transgression organization, successful portion due to the fact that the U.S. authorities cannot way transgression records successful Venezuela. As such, members of the gang are much easy capable to blend successful with law-abiding migrants.
In Colorado, Aurora constabulary person acknowledged that “components of Tren de Aragua” are operating successful the country and person identified astatine slightest 10 known members.
Homan vowed to “remove them” and says he’s been moving with authorities and instrumentality enforcement to show the gang’s activity.
“We'll beryllium attacking Tren de Aragua close wherever they operate, wherever they live, and we're going to enactment them successful detention,” helium said.
For the pack members who are applying for asylum, Homan said helium volition beryllium putting connected strict conditions of release.
“Participating successful pack enactment is simply a usurpation of conditions of release, truthful astatine a minimum, we privation to instrumentality them backmost into custody,” helium said.
Homan blamed President Joe Biden’s borderline policies arsenic the crushed wherefore the U.S. hasn't been capable to unit Venezuela to instrumentality the pack members back, but that volition each alteration nether Trump, helium said.
“Starting January 20, we'll person a precise beardown America-first president who's going to negotiate, if helium needs to negotiate, oregon simply marque these countries bash what they should do," Homan said.
“In the tiny accidental they won't instrumentality them back, past we'll nonstop them to different countries,” helium said, adding that helium is already successful talks with respective countries consenting to instrumentality the pack members.
