One of Time's 100 most influential people soon to become one of Trump admin's 100 most recent deportees



Jeanette Vizguerra is a leftist fugitive who illegally stole into the United States in December 1997. After her criminal conviction for using fake documents in 2009, she was ordered out of the country — something the Obama administration evidently never got around to. While the first Trump administration similarly failed to eject her from the homeland, the president's second administration is evidently not making the same mistake.

To the chagrin of open-borders activists, Democratic lawmakers, and other radicals, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement nabbed Vizguerra on Monday. ICE Denver indicated that the 53-year-old activist was arrested without incident and will remain in ICE custody until she is sent home to Mexico.

Over the years, Vizguerra routinely hid in the basements of churches to avoid the authorities. Jordan Garcia, a 15-year acquaintance of Vizguerra who works for the leftist American Friends Service Committee, told the New York Times that immigration agents managed to catch her outside the Target store near Denver where she worked.

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Garcia, citing second-hand testimony from Vizguerra's family, claimed that one of the agents told the illegal alien, "We finally got you."

Mike Johnston, the Democratic mayor of Denver who cut the city's police budget in order to provide more services to illegal aliens, whined about the Trump administration's faithful enforcement of immigration law, stating, "This is not immigration enforcement. This is Soviet-style political persecution of political dissidents under the guise of immigration enforcement."

Johnston, among the sanctuary city mayors recently referred by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) to the Department of Justice for a criminal investigation, falsely stated that "this is not someone with a criminal record."

Vizguerra was charged in 2009 with not having a driver's license or insurance, driving with an expired license plate, and using a false Social Security number on a job application. CNN indicated the leftist activist who repeatedly violated immigration law ultimately pleaded guilty to "attempted possession of a forged instrument" in the second degree.

'She is a subversive criminal who has abused the laws of the US over and over.'

Fox News reporter Bill Melugin noted that in addition to her past criminality, Vizguerra apparently also wished ill on the democratically elected leader of the nation she had broken into, sharing an image of an Indian scalping President Donald Trump on her Facebook page with the caption, "This is how you Make America Great Again."

"Jeanette Vizguerra is a mother and pillar in her community. I am deeply concerned about ICE's actions to detain her without any due process, like a deportation order," stated Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet (Colo.). "ICE should ensure Jeanette has legal counsel and immediately release her."

ICE has reportedly confirmed that, contrary to Bennet's suggestion, Vizguerra does have a deportation order — and she's had one for many years.

National Domestic Workers Alliance, an advocacy group of which Vizguerra is a member, similarly bemoaned her arrest but refrained from similarly lying about the fugitive's criminal history or her affordance of due process.

"After living, working, and contributing to her community in the U.S. for 30 years, Jeanette now faces deportation to Mexico and separation from her children," the National Domestic Workers Alliance said in a statement. "Let's be clear: These attacks are intended to provoke fear and silence us, but we will protect each other."

In 2017, Time magazine claimed Vizguerra was one of the most influential people in the world. Apparently, what qualified her was her willingness to criticize a foreign nation's immigration policy while living there illegally and doing her best to fight its application of the law. According to Time, it also helped Vizguerra's case that she did not come to the U.S. "to rape, murder or sell drugs."

Former ICE Denver Field Office Director John Fabbricatore noted that in 2019, immigration authorities tried to remove Vizguerra, striking a deal with her attorney that she would depart voluntarily — something she had done before — thereby avoiding arrest.

"Plane tickets were purchased and we waited for her to show up at the airport. She left the church and instead fled to a different church to seek sanctuary violating the agreement she had with the government," said Fabbricatore. "I had another plan in place to physically arrest her but unfortunately President Trump unfairly lost the election and when the Biden administration came onboard they shut me down and granted Vizguerra another Stay of Deportation."

"President Trump is back and the immigration law is being taken seriously again," continued Fabbricatore. "Once again, Vizguerra does not have a Stay and it is time to go. She is a subversive criminal who has abused the laws of the US over and over."

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Sanctuary mayors face DOJ criminal referral for allegedly harboring illegal aliens



Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) announced Wednesday her plans to refer several sanctuary city mayors to the Department of Justice for a criminal investigation, accusing them of harboring illegal aliens.

Luna shared the announcement during the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s hearing with Democratic Mayors Michelle Wu of Boston, Brandon Johnson of Chicago, Mike Johnston of Denver, and Eric Adams of New York City. The hearing was held as part of the committee’s investigation into the impact of sanctuary city policies.

'I just referred the sanctuary city mayors to the Department of Justice for CRIMINAL investigations.'

She opened her remarks by questioning Wu, Johnson, and Johnston about their cities’ sanctuary policies. She did not pose any questions to Adams, who has agreed to work with President Donald Trump, border czar Tom Homan, and the rest of the administration to address New York City’s illegal immigration crisis.

“After this line of questioning, it’s very clear that these policies, that you will have all implicated are active and alive and well in your cities, are in direct violation with U.S. Title 8 code, subsection 1324, and is a federal offense,” Luna told the mayors.

“But you all speak about a broken immigration system, and yet here you guys are aiding and abetting in that entire process,” she continued. “I want to be very clear about something: Open border policies, which is something that you guys are talking about, hurts people on both sides, meaning the people that are coming here illegally and then American citizens as well.”

Luna stated that she does not believe the Democratic mayors “are bad people” but instead that they are “ideologically misled.”

“Unfortunately, based on your responses, I’m ... going to be criminally referring you to the Department of Justice for investigation, and as soon as I leave here, these will be going over to Pam Bondi,” Luna declared, as she held up three apparent DOJ referrals, potentially indicating she may have excluded Adams from the scrutiny.

Several media reports stated that Luna referred all four sanctuary mayors; however, it remains unclear from her direct statements whether Adams was included.

Luna noted that the referrals were not intended to “bully” the mayors.

“But I do believe that your policies are hurting the American people, and you can make that known with the evidence that you could present to the Department of Justice. But if you guys continue doing what you’re doing, you’re not going to help anyone. You’re going to hurt more people, and that’s exactly why I’m tired of it. The American people are tired of it,” she concluded.

Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) used the remainder of Luna’s yielded time to question Adams about the financial impact the influx of illegal aliens has had on New York City.

Adams explained that city taxpayers have shelled out roughly $6.9 billion in response to the immigration crisis.

“The long-term impact of that is extremely significant,” Adams replied.

After the hearing, Luna wrote in a post on X, “I just referred the sanctuary city mayors to the Department of Justice for CRIMINAL investigations based on evidence from their own comments and policies, proving that they were breaking federal law.”

“Open borders ideologies hurt people on both sides. If you hold federal office and are breaking the law, you’ll be criminally investigated by the DOJ,” she added.

The DOJ and the mayors' offices did not respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.

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Democrats Sing 'We Shall Overcome' as House Censures Al Green for Disrupting Trump Speech

Democrats sang "We Shall Overcome" on the House floor Thursday morning after the chamber voted to censure Rep. Al Green (D., Texas) for shaking his cane and heckling President Donald Trump's Tuesday congressional address.

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Jordan slams sanctuary mayor for Venezuelan gang member's alleged attack on ICE agents



Representative Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) grilled Denver Mayor Mike Johnston (D) on Wednesday over the city's refusal to comply with federal immigration officials' detainer requests.

During a congressional oversight hearing on sanctuary policies, Jordan blasted the mayor for a preventable violent clash, allegedly between a gang member and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

'An officer got assaulted because of your policy.'

New York Mayor Eric Adams (D), Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D), and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu (D) were also in the hot seat on Wednesday.

Jordan opened his comments by asking Johnston about Abraham Gonzalez, an alleged Venezuelan gang member who was released from jail on Friday.

The congressman explained that Gonzalez was charged with aggravated assault, motor vehicle theft, and felony menacing. Despite ICE's detainer request, Gonzalez was released back onto Denver streets.

ICE had requested a 48-hour notice of Gonzalez's release. However, according to Jordan, Denver law enforcement officials provided the federal immigration agency with a one-hour notice.

Johnston argued that, in this instance and 1,200 others, Denver cooperated with ICE's detainer requests by notifying the agency about the planned release. Yet, he did not deny Jordan's claim that ICE was given only one-hour notice.

"We notified them of release. There was six ICE agents present when he was released, so they had enough time to respond and to be present," Johnston stated.

Jordan explained that the alleged gang member was not turned over to ICE inside of the jail. Instead, he was released out onto the streets outside of the prison, where several ICE agents were waiting to arrest him in the parking lot.

"Guess what happened in the parking lot?" Jordan asked. "One of the ICE officers got assaulted, didn't he? They had to tase the guy, didn't they?"

Jordan further noted that only two ICE officers would have been necessary to turn the individual over to federal custody if the transfer had been completed inside the safety of the jail.

"Do you know why you don't do it that way?" Jordan asked Johnston. "Because you're a sanctuary city."

Johnston continued to deny that Denver shields illegal aliens from law enforcement officials. The mayor claimed that since the altercation, he has contacted ICE to "coordinate on strategies" for release.

"An officer got assaulted because of your policy," Jordan remarked.

John Fabbricatore, a retired ICE field office director, responded to Johnston's comments in a post on X, stating that the mayor "does not care about the safety of citizens."

"He cares about illegal aliens and gang members more. American citizens should come first," he added.

On Tuesday, Fabbricatore spoke before the oversight committee's subcommittee Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation. During the hearing, he detailed how Colorado's sanctuary policies "limit cooperation" with ICE, including restrictions on the department of motor vehicles and state labor records.

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Gender-confused man allegedly planned to slay Hegseth, other Trump allies with Molotov cocktail 'because of Luigi Mangione'



A Massachusetts man was arrested at the U.S. Capitol this week after he allegedly planned to assassinate several high-ranking officials associated with President Donald Trump.

Just after 3 p.m. on Monday, Ryan Michael English approached a Capitol police officer near the south door of the Capitol building, informing the officer: "I’d like to turn myself in," a probable cause statement said. English went on to claim he had multiple Molotov cocktails and knives in his possession and that he intended to use them to kill various Trump officials.

English claimed he drove from Massachusetts to Washington, D.C., with the initial intention of killing Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth or Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and perhaps burning down the Heritage Foundation building, located blocks from the White House.

However, English learned en route about the confirmation hearing for Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and decided to make Bessent his target, the police statement said. "Originally, ENGLISH’s thoughts were to use the small bottles of vodka to start fires and later to wrap them in rags soaked in alcohol, light them and throw them at Bessent’s feet," it explained.

When cops searched English, they discovered at least one knife, a lighter, and two Molotov cocktail-like items on his person as well as similar materials in his vehicle. They also found a receipt with the following note written on it:

Judith dear god I am so sorry. You must understand I can feel myself dying slowly b/c of my heart. This is terrible but I cant do nothing while nazis kill my sisters. I love you. This is awful. Im so sorry. I love u. Please stay alive and heal. you can. you are strong enough. F*** them for pushing us so far. you dont deserve this. Im so sorry for lying and plotting and lying. Please survive.

The message also included seven hearts, the police statement said. The probable cause statement did not clarify who "Judith" is.

English was apparently quite forthcoming with police about his motives and intentions, according to the probable cause statement. He reportedly admitted that he had left his phone at home to prevent the GPS on it from tracking his movements, that he had paid cash for an atlas to help him navigate to D.C. without his phone, and that he had dressed in disguise while purchasing the atlas to conceal his appearance.

English also apparently told authorities he had resigned himself that he would likely have to kill several Capitol police officers in pursuit of his mission and would likely die in the process. He "expressed acceptance and content with the possibility of suicide by cop," the statement said.

'I felt like I had to do this. I felt like I was on a mission.'

English was arrested and charged with unlawful receipt, possession, or transfer of a firearm and carrying a firearm, explosive, or incendiary device on Capitol grounds.

On Wednesday, English's public defender, Maria Jacob, issued a memo clarifying that English, 24, preferred the name Riley Jane. The probable cause statement from police likewise referred to the accused as "Ryan Michael 'Reily' English." Media outlets then scrambled to describe English as a woman and use female pronouns in reference to him.

They also claimed English was inspired by another high-profile suspect: Luigi Mangione, accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in early December.

"I didn’t have a plan in my mind. I felt like I had to do this. I felt like I was on a mission," English allegedly told police, according to WUSA9. "Maybe I told myself to have faith and just see where this goes, and I had been thinking about this for a while because of Luigi Mangione."

"I don’t want to hurt anyone," he allegedly added. "I don’t want to hurt people. That’s why I turned myself in."

English further supposedly told police he has only months left to live because of a congenital heart condition.

Jacob argued in documents filed Wednesday that English should be released from custody pending trial, claiming that he had no prior criminal record and simply demonstrated "poor judgment in effectuating a protest." Prosecutors countered that English's actions were premeditated and that he wanted to "send a message," though they conceded that the vodka in his possession likely would not have ignited.

English later apparently conceded detention and waived the written finding of facts, according to the Daily Hampshire Gazette. On Thursday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew Sharbaugh granted the request from the federal government for a speedy trial and scheduled a hearing for April 1.

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Denver Mayor Johnston reverses sanctuary stance, agrees to work with ICE amid pressure from Trump's DOJ



Denver Mayor Mike Johnston (D), who previously vowed to stop President Donald Trump's deportation efforts, appears to have backed down from his sanctuary stance amid pressure from the Department of Justice.

During a Wednesday interview with KDVR, Johnston stated that Denver would cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in certain circumstances.

'If we have someone in custody that ICE is looking for they could reach out to us and we can release them.'

In the case of illegal aliens who have committed additional crimes in the United States, Johnston said Denver would notify ICE about their scheduled release.

Yet Johnston also claimed that Denver's hands are tied by sanctuary state law.

"The whole state is bound by our state law in this, which is pretty consistent in some of these practices like everywhere in the state, we don't honor ICE detainers," Johnston told KDVR. "If ICE calls and says, 'Will you hold someone for three more days?' That doesn't happen in Douglas County or Yuma or in Denver. A lot of these practices are similar statewide, but we think ours finds a common-sense balance of making sure we're not having our local police doing federal law enforcement, that's not our job, we're not going to do ICE's job for them. But, if they call for information on folks we have in custody, we'll let them know when we're releasing them."

ICE's detainers request local jails hold criminal illegal aliens up to 48 hours after their scheduled release — not three days, as Johnston indicated.

"We think our values are not going to change. We think we want to be both a welcoming city, and a city that serves all of our residents," Johnston continued. "We're not going to be bullied or blackmailed into changing our policies but we think our policies serve everyone well right now."

He stated that local law enforcement officials do not request immigration status when pulling over a vehicle for a traffic infraction but noted that "if we have someone in custody that ICE is looking for they could reach out to us and we can release them to them when they get released from our jails."

Johnston's Wednesday comments appear to be a departure from his statements in November to the Denverite. At that time, the mayor implied that he would use local law enforcement officers to create a blockade against Trump's federal immigration agents.

"More than us having DPD [Denver Police Department] stationed at the county line to keep them out, you would have 50,000 Denverites there," he stated. "It's like the Tiananmen Square moment with the rose and the gun, right? You'd have every one of those Highland moms who came out for the migrants. And you do not want to mess with them."

In a subsequent interview, Johnston attempted to walk back the statements, claiming he had "no plan" to deploy police officers on the county line. He also noted that he planned to join Denver residents protesting Trump's deportations.

"If I think things are happening that are illegal or immoral or un-American in our city, I would certainly protest it, and I would expect other residents would do the same," Johnston said.

He added that he was "not afraid" of facing jail time to protect illegal aliens. However, Johnston also stated that those who commit "serious crimes like murder or rape ... should be prosecuted" and deported.

Johnston's newly declared commitment to assist ICE — at least in some cases — follows a report that Trump's DOJ has instructed its prosecutors to investigate state and local leaders who obstruct the federal government's deportation efforts.

A Tuesday memo from acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove read, "Federal law prohibits state and local actors from resisting, obstructing, and otherwise failing to comply with lawful immigration-related commands and requests."

"The U.S. Attorney's Offices and litigating components of the Department of Justice shall investigate incidents involving any such misconduct for potential prosecution, including for obstructing federal functions," he wrote.

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The lawman returns as Tom Homan takes the border by storm



There’s something quintessentially American about a lawman.

He is the ever-present hero in our mythology, a figure buried deep in our national psyche — like the Pledge of Allegiance or apple pie.

Western civilization values the rule of law as sacrosanct and promises order over chaos. This is what the lawman protects.

He volunteers to wear the badge. That shining metal beacon pinned over his heart symbolizes a sworn oath. It is the mark of the covenant he made with the American people to protect them at all costs.

Tom Homan is a lawman. And that’s exactly why we need him.

John Wayne redux

Reminiscent of a John Wayne character hell-bent on justice, Homan sees the world in black and white, right and wrong, legal and illegal.

I cheered when Donald Trump named Homan the next border czar. Formerly the acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Trump’s first administration, Homan was a police officer and a Border Patrol agent. He’s worked under six presidents over a 30-year career and was the executive associate director of Enforcement and Removal Operations for ICE under President Obama, where he oversaw a record number of deportations.

Homan gets emotional about hunting down criminals. This is because he’s the one who finds the bodies of women and children who died at the hands of illegal immigrants. Just recently, he had to hear graphic details from a 9-year-old who was raped by one.

He’s passionate because he cares about American lives.

Homan states that if we don’t have a historic level of mass deportation, “we’re sending out messages to the entire world: You can cross the border legally, which is a crime …”

In a recent interview with Charlie Kirk, Homan reminded us that every illegal alien is a criminal, illegal aliens aren’t vetted to enter the United States, and over 86% are not qualified as asylum-seekers. When Kirk asked Homan if he had seen the clip of MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow telling her viewers how to “think strategically” about fighting against things like deportation by promoting mass amnesty for illegal aliens with criminal records, preventing law enforcement from entering jails to deport convicted illegal aliens, and a host of other insane suggestions, Homan’s response was “No. But you’re pissing me off.”

The ‘kids in cages’ canard

The main criticism Homan faces revolves around his responsibility for the first Trump administration’s notorious “zero tolerance” policy. At least 5,500 illegal immigrant children were separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border in 2018, with 1,401 children still without confirmed reunification.

But a lawman always has a reason.

Homan, in fact, was saving those “kids in cages” by keeping them safe. While there may be 1,401 children without ”confirmed reunification,” there are at least 320,000 migrant children who have gone missing under the Biden-Harris administration as a result of not following Homan’s example. The real number is likely higher.

According to a recently released Homeland Security Inspector General’s report, many of those children were released to “qualified sponsors” who, as it turns out, weren’t always qualified. Some of these sponsors have been listed at strip club addresses. Other children were given to convicted criminals with known MS-13 gang ties. Biden’s Department of Homeland Security even released a final management alert stating, “ICE cannot monitor all unaccompanied migrant children released from DHS and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' custody.”

You don’t say. Maybe it would have been better if you had kept them, you know, in a secured building of some kind.

“Kids in cages” was a nice catchphrase for Democrats, but in the end, that’s all it was. The leftists were so obsessed with “optics” and not putting kids in safe holding facilities that they released them to potential sex traffickers, criminals, child labor exploiters, and pedophiles. They didn’t care about the migrant children any more than they cared about the Americans who have been killed.

Fighting for civilization

So criticize him all you want, but like a strict parent, Tom Homan knew where the migrant kids ICE encountered under his care were. The Biden-Harris administration cannot say the same.

But what of those who intend to fight Homan's execution of justice?

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston and other state and city officials have said they will not comply with Homan’s deportation efforts. Johnston said he is even willing to go to jail for it. Homan replied in kind. “Look, me and the Denver mayor, we agree on one thing,” Homan said. “He's willing to go to jail. I'm willing to put him in jail.”

The law doesn’t bend. Homan is here to remind them of that fact.

Being a lawman can come across as being harsh. But there’s a reason why Lady Justice holds a sword in her right hand. It symbolizes the power and authority to punish injustice.

That’s the part we often forget.

What good are laws or policies if they go unenforced or, worse, blatantly and unapologetically violated without just recourse? What value does being a good citizen hold if the bad ones go unpunished for their crimes? Why care about doing what is right when injustice has no consequence?

Western civilization has always been set apart because it’s, well, civilized. It values the just rule of law as sacrosanct and promises order over chaos. This is what the lawman protects.

The appointment of Homan as border czar is meaningful because it represents a return to safety and peace of mind. It is the first step in Making America Safe Again.

Elon Musk recently dubbed Homan our Judge Dredd, but when Homan speaks, I hear John Wayne’s voice as the straight-shooting U.S. Marshal J.D. Cahill when he offers a very simple solution to outlaws he’d caught who were complaining that their handcuffs were too tight: "You call the tune and you pay the piper. … You don't like the treatment? Don’t rob the banks.”

Aurora mayor accuses Denver of covert migrant relocation scheme causing gang surge: 'Tell the truth'



Mike Coffman (R), the mayor of Aurora, Colorado, accused Denver Mayor Mike Johnston (D) of facilitating a covert migrant relocation scheme that led to a severe increase in gang activity in Aurora.

In a Monday op-ed for the Denver Gazette, Coffman blamed Johnston for the ongoing immigration and gang crisis, claiming he partnered with two non-governmental organizations to move foreign nationals from Denver, a sanctuary city, to other neighboring towns.

'Coffman's weak leadership allowed this to happen.'

Coffman, who has come under fire for his role in allowing illegal aliens to settle in Aurora, defended his decision in November to grant Johnston permission to use a Quality Inn hotel to house "busloads of migrants that were overwhelming Denver."

"I initially said yes, but it soon became apparent that beyond giving the newly arrived migrants a 30-day hotel voucher, he had no plan for them other than leaving them homeless in Aurora," Coffman wrote.

He claimed that he demanded that Johnston pick up the migrants and transport them back to Denver.

"He did, and from that point forward, I turned down his requests for further assistance," Coffman said.

He declared Johnston "talks incessantly in political sound bites."

Coffman cited in his article a City Journal report that indicated Johnston had drafted contracts with NGOs to house migrants in and around the sanctuary city.

Specifically, the report claimed that one of the organizations partnered with CBZ Management, a property management company, to move migrants to three of its Aurora apartment complexes: the Edge of Lowry, Whispering Pines, and Fitzsimons Place, which is also known as Aspen Grove.

CBZ Management and its apartment complexes were thrown into the center of the national immigration debate after a former resident at the Edge of Lowry released footage of a group of armed men storming through the complex.

One of the men in the video, who was later arrested, reportedly admitted to law enforcement that he was a member of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, which has spread to more than a dozen states in the country.

CBZ Management has blamed the city for allowing the gang to take over its apartment buildings.

"After reading the article, I confronted Johnston about whether this was true. He affirmed that Denver had contracts with nonprofits that 'have' placed migrants from Denver to Aurora but he refused to confirm a number, where they were housed, or what resources they were given," Coffman wrote.

He explained that an open records request revealed that Denver's contracts with the nonprofits allowed them to place migrants "in Denver or in the surrounding communities." He claimed such wording allowed the NGOs to put the migrants in Aurora without notifying city leaders.

"It gives Johnston cover, should it become public, by allowing him to say that it wasn't his decision to put them in Aurora; it was the nonprofits who made the decision," Coffman stated.

He concluded, "Aurora has suffered from a national embarrassment that has harmed the image of our city in a way that could have lasting economic consequences. As the mayor of Aurora, I'm asking that Mayor Mike Johnston be transparent and tell the truth about what he did."

Johnston's office told Fox News Digital, "Denver did not direct any nonprofit or agency to place newcomers in Aurora."

"We also have no documentation nor knowledge to suggest that any city funds were put toward rental support at CBZ properties. Any suggestion otherwise is untrue," the spokesperson continued. "Denver is proud to have supported nearly 43,000 people from the southern border, many of whom arrived on buses chartered by the governor of Texas despite having had no intentions of making Denver or Colorado their home."

John Fabbricatore, a retired ICE Denver Field Office director, claimed that Coffman's op-ed was an attempt to "cover his tracks."

"He had known about this for a while and knew that Denver had been moving Venezuelans into Aurora. Coffman's weak leadership allowed this to happen. He also learned through APD [Aurora Police Department] that Tren De Aragua had moved into North Aurora in December of 2023. He knew all of this, yet he lied about it to the media," Fabbricatore wrote in a post on X.

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