Chicago cops train to identify Tren de Aragua while mayor vows to shield illegal aliens from deportation: Report



The vicious Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua has extended its reach in Chicago, Illinois, prompting the local police department to initiate training for its officers to identify the dangerous gang members.

Tren de Aragua has been linked to numerous crimes across the country, including retail theft and human trafficking.

'Tattoos are big with these guys.'

According to Chicago Police Department memos obtained by America First Legal and viewed by the New York Post, the gang has now expanded its criminal activity into dealing "pink cocaine," a mysterious illicit substance.

The memo read, "Drug of choice is Pink Cocaine which is a mixture of several drugs and can vary between different narcotics. E.g. Ecstasy, Amphetamines, LSD, or other synthetic drugs."

When recovering the substance, officers are advised to treat it similarly to fentanyl since "it is often used" as an ingredient.

A federal law enforcement source told the Post that the new drug sells for at least $100 per gram. Authorities are concerned about its growing popularity, especially considering there is no standard formula for it.

Drug Enforcement Administration special operations division chief Derek Maltz told the news outlet that it is "not like cocaine." He warned that TDA is "going to do everything they can to make money."

The CPD documents also revealed that officers are being trained on how to spot TDA-affiliated tattoos, which encompass a wide range of symbols, including doves, roses, owls, rifles, gas masks, trains, crowns, stars, pocket watches, the Michael Jordan logo, and Popeye the Sailor.

"Tattoos are big with these guys," the memo read. "They'll be seen dressed like rappers and wearing black & red jerseys like Bulls, Blackhawks or Jordan apparel."

While CPD ramps up training to combat TDA's presence in the city, Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) is doubling down on his commitment to shield illegal aliens from President-elect Donald Trump's mass deportation plans.

Chicago is a sanctuary city that prevents local law enforcement officers from cooperating with federal immigration agents.

Earlier this month, Johnson stated, "The president-elect, former President Trump, his threat is not just toward new arrivals and undocumented families. His threats are also against black families."

"We're going to stand up and protect undocumented individuals," he declared.

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Chicago Mayor Johnson labels Trump a ‘threat’ to ‘black families’ in vow to shield illegal aliens from deportation



During a speech reaffirming his commitment to keep Chicago a sanctuary city, Mayor Brandon Johnson labeled President-elect Donald Trump a “threat” to “black families.”

Since August 2022, Chicago has spent roughly $150 million to provide housing and food to 43,000 migrant arrivals.

'His threat is not just toward new arrivals and undocumented families.'

On Tuesday, in his first statement addressing Trump's victory, Johnson vowed to protect illegal aliens from the incoming administration's mass deportation plans.

"We will not bend or break," Johnson declared. "Our values will remain strong and firm. We will face likely hurdles in our work over the next four years, but we will not be stopped and we will not go back."

Johnson made a perplexing claim that Trump's commitment to deport illegal immigrants is somehow a threat to black families in America.

"The president-elect, former President Trump, his threat is not just toward new arrivals and undocumented families. His threats are also against black families," he stated. "We're going to stand up and protect undocumented individuals."

Johnson has referred to Trump as a "tyrant" and claimed that his plan to deport large numbers of illegal aliens is "unconscionable and dangerous."

The mayor made the commitment to keep Chicago a sanctuary despite a significant rise in criminal activities associated with the transnational crime group Tren de Aragua.

According to locals, the South Side of Chicago has become overrun with Venezuelan migrants, including TDA members.

Tyrone Muhammad, founder and CEO of Ex-Cons for Community and Social Change, warned in September that the city might soon "go up in flames," raising concerns about TDA members who have been challenging notorious local gangs.

Records obtained by the New York Post revealed that at least 30 of the gang's members have been arrested by the Chicago Police Department from January 2023 through September 2024.

Despite this, Johnson stated that the CPD would be prohibited from cooperating with federal immigration officials.

Trump tapped former ICE director Tom Homan as his administration's "border czar."

Homan had a harsh warning for sanctuary jurisdictions that aim to protect illegal aliens from federal law enforcement officials.

"Sanctuary cities are sanctuaries for criminals," Homan declared.

"If you are not going to help us, get the hell out of the way because we're gonna do it," Homan said on Monday. "So if we can't get assistance in New York City, we may have to double the number of agents we send in New York City."

Homan pledged to "flood agents to sanctuary cities" to rid the country of criminal illegal aliens.

Muhammad told Fox News Digital, "We're going to be on the ground with him [Homan] to remove these illegals and these migrants and identifying where they are because they have greatly diminished our way of life here in Chicago."

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Chicago mayor fawns over Kamala Harris, implies 'racism' governs the US in bizarre rant about Trump



Brandon Johnson, the radical Democratic mayor of Chicago, railed against former President Donald Trump and extoled the supposed virtues of presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris during a bizarre speech before the National Association of Black Journalists convention.

On Wednesday evening, several hours after Trump deftly handled "gotcha" questions from hostile media figures with the NABJ, particularly Rachel Scott of ABC News, Johnson took to the stage at the convention to mischaracterize Trump's record on race.

'You literally have the power to write our liberation into existence.'

According to Johnson, Trump — who barely escaped with his life just a few weeks ago when a bullet intended for his head instead tore through his ear — believes that "violence should have immunity, particularly when it's done against black people."

Johnson's reference to "immunity" may relate to a recent Supreme Court ruling that a U.S. president has immunity for most of his official acts, though the case associated with that ruling had nothing to do with race.

Plus, Trump has a lengthy track record of wanting to protect the lives of young black men who die by violence at alarmingly high rates, especially in Chicago, the city Johnson currently oversees.

"If Chicago doesn't fix the horrible 'carnage' going on, 228 shootings in 2017 with 42 killings (up 24% from 2016), I will send in the Feds!" Trump tweeted just days after taking office in 2017.

Ignoring the ample evidence that Trump is not a racist, Johnson also mentioned an old lawsuit from nearly 50 years ago to try and support his argument that Trump harbors animosity toward black people.

"He is so bad at what he does," Johnson said of Trump, "he was sued by the Justice Department because he was refusing to house black people."

Johnson is correct that Trump and his father were sued in the 1970s over alleged racial discrimination in housing practices. However, that case was settled out of court without any admission of wrongdoing on Trump's part.

Even as Johnson distorted Trump's record on race, he still claimed the former president "sits in the office of lies."

By contrast, Johnson could hardly contain his admiration for Kamala Harris.

Occasionally using the cadence of preacher, Johnson claimed that "only an amazing God can take an Indian and a Jamaican and create somebody in his image. A black woman."

Johnson further insisted that against Kamala Harris, Trump "ran into blackness" and "the unconditional love" and "the masterpiece of the black woman."

"Then came along a black woman, by the name of Kamala Harris, who took on banks and corporations during the housing crisis and settled billions of dollars to ensure homeowners get to experience the true, full expression of the American dream," he gushed.

Finally, Johnson addressed his audience of black journalists and implied that, even with him in charge of Chicago and after nearly four full years of the Biden-Harris administration, black people are still second-class citizens in a country hopelessly marred by "racism."

"You literally have the power to write our liberation into existence," Johnson cried. "You have that power — the power to make sure that racism is not the prevailing form of governance, but that hope and aspiration becomes the reality of people across America."

A portion of Johnson's NABJ speech can be viewed here.

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Jon Stewart officially a ‘wokester’— left out KEY details on crime in Democrat-run cities



Jon Stewart was once what people might call a “liberal.” Now, he’s just like all the others who abandoned their integrity to go off the “woke” deep end.

“He’s no longer a liberal, he is just sort of a ‘wokester,’” Dave Rubin says, before showing a clip of Stewart attempting to debunk the GOP’s city crime narrative.

“It’s the dang Democrat-encouraged crime. It’s one of the right’s favorite talking points, not just from Milwaukee but for all Democratic run cities,” Stewart mocked. “Those cities are crime-infested holes where life is miserable and everyone hates everybody.”

“By the way, it does turn out that crime is actually down,” he continued, before referencing a clip of Lester Holt claiming that the FBI reported the nation’s violent crime rate has dropped dramatically this year.

“It’s all a misunderstanding; but now that the FBI numbers are out, I’m sure that the right-wing media will adjust accordingly,” Stewart mocked again, sharing a clip of a Fox News host saying that cities still have a poor quality of life while a video of a car doing donuts plays in the background.

“He’s making the reverse point of the point he’s trying to make. He’s showing, ‘Oh these guys are doing double donuts.’ Yes, it’s illegal and people can be killed,” Rubin comments.

But that’s not all.

The reason Stewart is able to regurgitate those FBI numbers is because a large portion of crime is never reported to the FBI in the first place.

According to a report by the NRA Institute for Legislative Action, 37% of police departments stopped reporting crime data to the FBI, including large departments for Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York.

For other jurisdictions like Baltimore and Nashville, crimes are being underreported or undercounted.

“So, again, we can all argue about the percentages and everything else, but we simply know that in Republican-run cities you cannot run into a CVS and steal all of the stuff,” Rubin says.


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