Investigation: Violent Venezuelan Gangs Fueling Illegal Alien Crime Wave in Chicago Using Flood of Dark Money
Catholic Charities colludes with city officials to house illegals.
Coming soon: Chicago will sit at the epicenter of President Trump's efforts to deport illegal aliens who have committed violent crimes against Americans.
Photographs of gang members who have entered the country illegally from Venezuela show how dangerous Chicago, and other sanctuary cities, have become for Americans. Terry Newsome, host of the "Behind Enemy Lines" podcast, provided Restoration News with the photographic evidence of violent confrontations between gang members and legal Chicago citizens. He also provided government documents showing how Catholic Charities enables policies that put innocent citizens and law enforcement officials in jeopardy.
Newsome has obtained documents from the Chicago Police Department through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests that detail the violent nature of some of the attacks gang members have committed against Americans—including police officers. The Tren de Aragua Venezuelan gang, which has at least 5,000 members in the U.S., could be among the first illegal aliens targeted for deportation. In an exclusive interview, Newsome told Restoration News that White House border czar, Tom Homan, has set his sights on Chicago.
(Read more: Venezuela’s Violent Tren de Aragua Street Gang Has Spread to Wisconsin)
"I've taken my video camera and gone to train stations and bus stations to see illegals being transported into parts of Chicago," Newsome said. "It's a dangerous situation for the people of Chicago and for police officers who are thrown into circulation with very dangerous individuals. Unfortunately, we've seen the City of Chicago working in cahoots with groups like Catholic Charities to make the situation even worse."
Newsome's FOIAs broke loose an email from Feb. 20, 2024, where a Catholic Charities official sent correspondence to several Illinois and Chicago government officials with multiple graphs showing how much progress they had made to house illegal aliens—at the expense of public safety.
Catholic Charities Jeopardizing Public Safety
"Basically, Catholic Charities has been colluding with government to housed dangerous criminal elements who prey upon the local population," Newsome said. "That's what people need to understand as deportations hopefully get underway."
Newsome has joined forces with the Gateway Pundit blog to highlight the Asylum Seeker Emergency Rental Assistance Program, or ASERAP, where Catholic Charities has assumed a leading role. The government program partners with landlords throughout the city to house illegals for up to six months. But the ever-expanding number of illegals forced Catholic Charities to curtail the program back to three months. Illegals could possibly still extend their stay, but they needed to obtain a work permit.
So where exactly does Chicago house the illegal aliens?
The FOIA information Newsome obtained put him onto a Holiday Inn near the Midway airport in the southwest side of Chicago that houses illegals—at taxpayer expense.
"This is a very unreal situation," Newsome said. "We see our own homeless freezing on the streets. But, at the same time, illegals get free groceries, government funded smartphones, and all the shelter, food, and clothing they need."
Newsome has another facility on his radar: The Standard Club, founded as a Jewish community center in 1869 located in "The Loop," a central business district. The club sold in 2022 and now houses illegal aliens. The Chicago Police Department has responded to 706 incidents between June 2023 and May 2024, according to Gateway Pundit.
Newsome continues to track how illegals are transported into and throughout Chicago. City officials promoting illegal immigration, he notes, have made sly adjustments to how they make use of buses. Instead of busing the illegals all the way into the suburbs, they get dropped off at train stations, greeted by metro officers, and then huddled into school buses.
"Busing them all the way became a little too obvious," Newsome said. "I've gone to train stations where illegals are being brought in, and I’ve been confronted by metro officers who do not want the exposure.”
Trump Takes Decisive Action
In his inauguration speech, President Trump placed a strong priority on border security and the enforcement of immigration laws. Trump has declared a "national emergency" at the southern border.
Restoration News maintains a nationwide database of illegal alien crimes. Chicago and Cook County in Illinois are both identified as sanctuary cities. Homan is working in close coordination with other federal officials to arrest illegal aliens in Chicago, particularly those that have committed serious offenses beyond their immigration violations. He has rightly criticized sanctuary cities for releasing dangerous illegal aliens back into the community where they can place innocent civilians and law enforcement officials in jeopardy.
Joe Biden failed to do his job executing the immigration laws on the books. President Trump has already begun cleaning up Biden’s messes. America will be much safer under the watchful eye of Tom Homan and a revamped ICE allowed to do what must be done.
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