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Migrant Crime Turning America’s Cities Into War Zones

Gang members recruit migrants from shelters and as they come off buses from Texas, putting them to work in retail theft rings or worse.

AP/Marco Ugarte, file
Migrants watch a train go past as they wait along the train tracks hoping to board a freight train heading north at Huehuetoca, Mexico. AP/Marco Ugarte, file
BETSY McCAUGHEY
BETSY McCAUGHEY

Criminals posing as asylum seekers are turning American cities into war zones. 

The Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, feared for how it tortures its victims, is setting up business at New York City, police sources divulge. 

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BETSY McCAUGHEY
BETSY McCAUGHEY

Ms. McCaughey is a former lieutenant governor of New York and co-founder of Save Our City at saveourcityny.org.

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