The documented presence of the brutal Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua embedded among migrants in the Big Apple demands that lawmakers repeal state and local laws that stop the NYPD from teaming up with its federal immigration counterparts to take down these criminal aliens.
Evidence of a swelling crime wave stoked by criminal migrants — living in city shelters — is building with each passing day.
Cops say Tren de Aragua is behind the smartphone-snatching moped gang suspected in at least 62 cases of grand larceny across the city since November.
“They’re essentially ghost criminals,” NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban said of the migrants who beat cops in Times Square and others involved in the string of thefts.
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“No criminal history. No photos. No cellphone. Sometimes we’re even unclear on name or a date of birth.”
We understand Caban’s frustration that the NYPD may be unfamiliar with these “ghost criminals,” but Homeland Security, Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have a database of suspected Tren de Aragua gang members and others.