{"id":2353907,"date":"2024-10-11T18:14:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T22:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-operation-aurora-to-tamp-down-illegal-immigration-in-colorado-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-11T18:15:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T22:15:32","slug":"trump-announces-operation-aurora-to-tamp-down-illegal-immigration-in-colorado-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-operation-aurora-to-tamp-down-illegal-immigration-in-colorado-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump announces Operation Aurora to tamp down illegal immigration in Colorado &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-announces-operation-aurora-to-tamp-down-illegal-immigration-in-colorado-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2353907&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump announced his plan, dubbed &#8220;Operation\u2063 Aurora,&#8221; during a campaign rally in Aurora, Colorado, where\u2062 he emphasized his commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/staten-island-illegal-immigration-debate-gets-heated-as-group-accuses-protestors-of-attempting-insurrection\/\" title=\"Staten Island immigration debate intensifies as group accuses protestors of &#039;insurrection&#039;\">addressing illegal \u2064immigration<\/a> if he wins a second presidential \u2064term. He proposed invoking the Alien Enemies Act of\u2063 1798 to expedite the deportation of gang members and \u200ccalled for the death penalty \u2063for migrants convicted of killing \u200bAmerican citizens. Trump criticized Vice President Kamala\u200d Harris and Colorado Governor Jared Polis, \u2062blaming them for a perceived increase in gang \u200dviolence related to illegal \u200bimmigration,\u2062 specifically highlighting\u200d the Venezuelan gang Tren \u200cde Aragua.<\/p>\n<p>However, local \u2062officials, including Republican Mayor Mike Coffman, disputed \u200dTrump&#8217;s claims, stating that claims of significant gang activity \u2063have\u200c been exaggerated, and Aurora remains a\u200c generally safe city. The mayor highlighted that concerns about gang violence were limited to specific areas and were not reflective of the overall community. Despite the pushback from \u200blocal leaders, Trump reinforced his rhetoric about the dangers posed by immigrants and promised to tackle the issue head-on if elected again,\u200b aiming to resonate with voters in similar\u2062 battleground states.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump announces Operation Aurora to tamp down illegal immigration in Colorado<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1813208\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>&nbsp;announced Friday that if he won a second term, he would invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 under a program he has dubbed &ldquo;Operation Aurora&rdquo; to deport immigrant gang members.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who is campaigning in Aurora, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/colorado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Colorado<\/a>, said that the operation would &ldquo;expedite the removal of these savage gangs&rdquo; and called &ldquo;for the death penalty for any migrant that kills an American citizen or a law enforcement officer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-election-campaign-live-updates-harris-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 ELECTIONS LIVE UPDATES: LATEST NEWS ON THE TRUMP-HARRIS PRESIDENTIAL RACE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The rally, while not in a state that is one of the seven battleground states that will decide the election, featured Trump repeatedly railing against the illegal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>immigration<\/a> crisis at the southern border and casting blame on Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> and Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) over the alleged Venezuelan gangs overtaking Aurora.<\/p>\n<p>But Republican Mayor Mike Coffman and local police have disputed Trump&rsquo;s claims.<\/p>\n<p>The visit to the state that will likely not vote for Trump is meant to appeal to voters in battleground swing states such as Arizona, which shares a border with Colorado. <\/p>\n<p>The former president repeatedly warned their communities could be overtaken by immigrants who entered the nation illegally if Harris is elected.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kamala has imported an army of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-slashes-deportations-of-illegal-aliens-by-78-percent-since-2019\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Slashes Deportations of Illegal Aliens by 78 Percent Since 2019\">illegal alien gang members<\/a> and migrant criminals from the dungeons of the Third World,&rdquo; Trump said on Friday, blaming Harris for the illegal immigration crisis and denouncing her as the &ldquo;border czar.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She has had them resettled beautifully into your community to prey upon innocent American citizens,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s what they&rsquo;re doing, and no place is it more evident than right here, because in Aurora, multiple apartment complexes have been taken over by the savage Venezuela prison gang known as Tren de Aragua.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In a reprise of his usual campaign stump speech, Trump said he would solve the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I will rescue Aurora and every town that has been invaded and conquered,&rdquo; Trump told the crowd. &ldquo;These towns have been conquered. Explain that to your governor &mdash; he doesn&rsquo;t have a clue they&rsquo;ve been conquered. And we will put these vicious and bloodthirsty criminals in jail or kick them out of our country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But before Trump&rsquo;s visit, Coffman, the mayor of Aurora, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AuroraMayorMike\/posts\/pfbid0z5vfEwwfPttj46wfkFRj7xnHnzqjGdrNttgjDHykwjPS7JSDYPz8d6tjj8ELaxrXl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>took to Facebook<\/a> to say that Aurora is a &ldquo;safe city.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The reality is that the concerns about Venezuelan gang activity have been grossly exaggerated. The incidents were limited to several apartment complexes in this city of more than 400,000 residents,&rdquo; Coffman said. <\/p>\n<p>Coffman, along with Aurora Council Member and Public Safety Chairwoman Danielle Jurinsky, another Republican, previously rebuked Trump over the Tren de Aragua gang claims he made during the presidential debate last month.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;TdA has not &ldquo;taken over&rdquo; the city. The overstated claims fueled by social media and through select news organizations are simply not true,&rdquo; the pair wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AuroraMayorMike\/posts\/pfbid0VMvd81pdH6NvKF8QAFg5uN6ZCtnyhNCRCKmQB4CU36Rc58yYTavf49Rb1GsP12rbl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>statement<\/a>. &ldquo;To date, APD has now linked 10 people to TdA and has arrested eight of those people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump also blasted Polis over Colorado&rsquo;s attempts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2644693\/colorado-supreme-court-rules-trump-is-ineligible-to-be-president-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>remove him<\/a> from the primary ballot over his actions related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, which the Supreme Court overturned in March.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was Polis who led the move to take me off the ballot because I was leading in the polls against all of the Democrats,&rdquo; Trump said before asking the crowd to vote for him in the reliably blue state.<\/p>\n<p>The effort to remove Trump was led by the left-leaning group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, which brought the case to Colorado last year.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So I think Colorado will show a tremendous protest vote for what they did to try and keep me off the ballot and, more importantly, what they have done to the fabric of your culture,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;And remember, I believe Colorado is, you know, we&rsquo;re very close. We&rsquo;re very close.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris sat down for a town hall with the Spanish-language <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3185393\/harris-sidesteps-federal-healthcare-illegal-immigrants-univision-town-hall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>television network Univision,<\/a> where she discussed the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-says-harris-not-trump-is-problem-solver-on-matters-like-the-border-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Jeffries says Harris, not Trump, is \u2018problem solver\u2019 on matters like the border - Washington Examiner\">broken immigration system&#038;rdquo<\/a>; of the United States and blamed Trump for scuttling a border security bill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1813208\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1813208\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump reveals &#8220;Operation Aurora&#8221; to combat illegal immigration in Colorado<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2353908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Trump-campaigns-in-Aurora-Colorado.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33009,42847,3634],"class_list":["post-2353907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-illegal-immigration","tag-operation-aurora","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Trump-campaigns-in-Aurora-Colorado.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2353907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2353908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2353907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2353907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2353907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}