Speaking to a crowd of thousands of MAGA faithful in Aurora, Colorado, Donald Trump announced a brand new illegal migrant operation named after the town.
Operation Aurora will target the notorious transnational Venezuelan criminal gang Tren De Aragua (TDA), according to a Trump campaign spokesperson.
Trump delivered the new policy objective while flanked by the mugshots of TDA members apprehended by the Aurora Police Department.
The gang has reportedly set up shop in Aurora and a video from August shows apparent migrants openly carrying a rifle and handguns around an apartment complex without fear of repercussion while making threats to tenants.
Just after the video was recorded a 25-year-old was shot and killed in the complex. At least one TDA member was reportedly a part of the armed group.
Operation Aurora would act as a gang member removal program invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to target and dismantle every illegal migrant criminal network operating on American soil.
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, in Aurora, Colo. Mugshots of TDA gang members were used as props on stage
It is currently unclear, however, how the plan would differ from current policies that enable the U.S. to remove violent criminals.
The ex-president continued riffing on migrant crime enabled by Joe Biden and Kamala Harriss immigration policies inspired his campaigns creation of the plan.
What are they doing to Colorado? They are ruining your state, Trump began. I will rescue Aurora ... I will make Colorado safe again!
Then he dove headfirst into the claims about the local migrant gangs.
Multiple apartment buildings have been taken over by the violent Venezuelan prison gang Tren De Aragua ... they are a savage gang, the worst in the world.
They held tenants at gunpoint and knifepoint, Trump said. Where do they get these guns?
The illegal alien gang member that was behind the invasion of Aurora was recently charged for beating a many beyond recognition, Trump continued, adding how the leader shot people and broke bones just for fun.
Trump spoke about how a mother of three left her Aurora apartment fearing for her childrens lives
Signs sit on the stage before Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center on October 11, 2024 in Aurora, Colorado. Trump is campaigning in key states ahead of the November 5 presidential election
The ex-president then lambasted Harris for letting the migrants to enter the U.S.
Kamala has imported an army of illegal migrants, Trump declared.
And she has had them resettled into your community ... to prey on innocent Americans because thats what they are doing.
Some local officials, however, have pushed back on the claims that Venezuelan gang members have overrun the town.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis called the idea that migrants have overrun Aurora an imagination. Similarly then-interim chief of the Aurora Police Department Heather Morris denied that a gang had overrun any apartment complexes.
But Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman admitted in late August This is an organized criminal effort.
Aurora Police announced the arrest of a TDA member as recently as September 26
Harrowing new footage appears to capture the moment an armed Venezuelan gang seized control of an apartment complex in Aurora, Colorado
Colorado residents interviewed by DailyMail.com at the rally, including some Aurora locals, also said there have been safety issues with migrants.
The storyline regarding the migrants in Aurora have long fascinated Trump since the claims were made late this summer.
You saw in Aurora, Colorado, a group of very tough young thugs from Venezuela taking over big areas, including buildings, Trump said on the Lex Freidman Podcast on September 3. Theyre taking over buildings. They have their big rifles.
Speaking to a crowd in New York weeks ago, the ex-president made a vow to visit the Denver suburb.
You may never see me again, but thats OK, he joked at the time. Got to do what I got to do.
Making good on his promise Friday Trump showed up to a massive applause.
The trip is unlikely to win Colorado for Trump, however, as Harris holds a commanding lead in the state, recent polls show.
Though it was emblematic of his prioritizing immigration during his campaign.