‘It’ll be blacks against migrants’: Chicago residents warn of coming violent turf wars with Venezuelans

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Chicago gang members and ex-cons are warning of coming violent turf wars with recently arrived Venezuelan migrants who are part of the notorious Tren De Aragua (TDA) gang.

Like other cities across the country, Chicago is being flooded with migrants as the border crisis continues. An estimated 48,000 migrants have come to the city since 2022, with the majority of the new arrivals coming from Venezuela.

“When the black gangs here get fed up with the illegality and criminal activity of these immigrants or non-citizens, the city of Chicago will go up in flames and there will be nothing the National Guard or the government can do when the bloodshed is in the streets,” Tyrone Muhammad, an ex-con and former gang member, told the New York Post. “It will be blacks against immigrants.”

TDA members are taking over Chicago territory, residents say. They also receive hefty welfare checks, further angering residents and gang members who say the money should go to Chicago’s suffering citizens.

“The real problem is that America has let gangs into our country,” a former gang member told the Post. “They’re letting terrorist groups into our country!”

Residents say TDA gang members and other migrants are pouring into their shelters, taking over more apartments and displacing Chicagoans.

Displacement is also happening elsewhere, such as in Springfield, Ohio, where Haitian migrants, subsidized by taxpayers, sometimes pay $3,000 a month on rent that citizens cannot pay.

It is unclear how many TDA gang members are in the city, although authorities have confirmed that they are present. Venezuelan immigrants are not given criminal histories by U.S. officials. Cuba, China and some other countries also do not share criminal histories with the U.S., making it impossible for authorities to know who is a criminal.

Last year, some 330,000 Venezuelans crossed the southern border. Nearly a million have attempted to enter the U.S. so far during the Biden-Harris administration.

TDA migrant gang members are causing problems in other parts of the country as well. As governor of a border state, Texas’ Greg Abbott is on the front lines of cracking down on the gang.

“TDA is notorious for their brutal violence and murder, and their kidnapping, extortion, bribery, and drug, gun and even human trafficking,” Governor Abbott said during a press conference last week.

“They are linked to over 100 law enforcement investigations across the country,” the governor continued. “They were involved in the brutal assault and beating of New York Police Department law enforcement officers. Reports have also linked TDA to the murder of Laken Riley.”

There are also reports and disturbing images of alleged immigrant TDA gang members in Aurora, Colorado. One man told CNN that condemned buildings he owns in Aurora have been taken over by TDA gang members. There was also disturbing video circulating online from an apartment complex showing armed men walking through hallways and kicking open an apartment door.

Authorities in Aurora, who have largely tried to downplay some of the shocking reports, have made arrests in connection with that apartment complex incident and have acknowledged that it is possible these men have ties to TDA. They noted that it is difficult to confirm the connection since Venezuela does not share criminal background information with the U.S.

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