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Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman calls out Denver Mayor Mike Johnston on handling of new immigrants
Denverite ^ | Dec. 20, 2024 | Andrew Kenney

Posted on 12/24/2024 7:28:40 AM PST by george76

We have the problem because you put ’em here without telling us.”.

In the wake of a brutal attack at an Aurora apartment complex that led to the arrest of several alleged Venezuelan gang members. Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman blasted Denver Mayor Mike Johnston over the city’s handling of new immigrants.

Coffman said on Friday that Johnston had effectively moved immigrants into Aurora while refusing to give the neighboring city basic information.

“I've confronted the mayor about it. He won't tell me how many people he sent over here. He won't tell me what benefits he gave them, what promises he made,” Coffman said at a press conference. “And so we're going through open records requests to get that information right now, and it's amazing that one mayor can't get an answer from another mayor, that he has to use a legal mechanism to get the truth.”

A new case of violence..

Coffman called the press conference after more violence at The Edge at Lowry, an apartment complex in Aurora that has been home to hundreds of recent immigrants. Nineteen people are accused or being investigated for kidnapping and brutally beating two residents of the complex.

The assailants are suspected of being affiliated with the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. Police said both the suspects and victims are Venezuelan immigrants.

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An estimated 40,000 immigrants have come through Denver during an immigration wave. Many had been directed here by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. At the peak of the crisis, shelters overflowed with immigrants, and Denver enlisted a network of nonprofits to find places for people to live.

Hundreds of people ended up in rundown Aurora apartment buildings run by CBZ Management, which soon became the focus of national media attention — especially when a video captured armed men breaking into apartments at The Edge.

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On Friday, Coffman accused the Denver mayor of using the nonprofits as a way to avoid accountability for placing immigrants in Aurora.

“He didn't have to get my permission to do it. That was for political cover. But he devised a way to do it using a nonprofit to say, ‘It was a nonprofit that did it, not me.’ Well, he funded it, Denver funded it,” he said.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: aliens; aurora; colorado; crime; denver; denvermayor; immigrants; johnston; mikejohnston; tda; trendearagua; venezuela; venezuelan; venezuelans

1 posted on 12/24/2024 7:28:40 AM PST by george76
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To: george76

Just like Eric Adams in NYC this mayor should tread carefully lest Denver’s US Attorney charge him with numerous felonies.


2 posted on 12/24/2024 7:31:58 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Democrat Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s Car Stolen Just Before Joe Biden’s Arrival for Campaign Event.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4200024/posts


3 posted on 12/24/2024 7:35:54 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

Ahem, didn’t that Aurora mayor say there were no illegal problems or concerns in Aurora, just earlier this year?

The Aurora mayor is now a self-professed idiot.


4 posted on 12/24/2024 7:41:12 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: george76

The left, by refusing to use the “illegal” descriptor, have now effectively cast ALL “new” immigrants as pests - and Tren De Aragua. Way to go, Dems!


5 posted on 12/24/2024 8:06:45 AM PST by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

HOMAN is going to clean house


6 posted on 12/24/2024 8:07:30 AM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: ConservativeMind

The RINO is waking up ?

Aurora Police Chief’s Jaw-Dropping Convo with Biden WH Staffer - They Really Don’t Care That Illegals Are Killing Us..

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4285735/posts


7 posted on 12/24/2024 8:09:38 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

They aren’t “immigrants”, they’re Illegal Aliens.

Don’t fall for the re-labeling game of the Invasion Party.


8 posted on 12/24/2024 8:13:10 AM PST by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: george76

Words matter.

The article’s “new immigrants” are illegal aliens.

We must never let them get away with their evil word games.


9 posted on 12/24/2024 8:15:27 AM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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To: george76

why doesn’t mayor coffman just send them back? Does he have no control of his city?


10 posted on 12/24/2024 8:17:41 AM PST by tips up (When the people find that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: george76

‘New immigrants’


11 posted on 12/24/2024 8:19:30 AM PST by dljordan (What would Michael Collins do?)
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To: ridesthemiles

“HOMAN is going to clean house”

I’m predicting that deportations won’t be anything near the number that have come across the border or overstayed their visas and when it comes to deporting children forget it.


12 posted on 12/24/2024 8:22:30 AM PST by dljordan (What would Michael Collins do?)
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To: ridesthemiles
I wouldn't be so sure of that. Yes,he'll certainly *try* to clean house. However,we must remember that 95% of this nation's lawyers...and judges...are Maoists. We shouldn't be surprised if one or more of these judges....and probably many of them...will hand down decisions blocking his efforts.
13 posted on 12/24/2024 9:25:32 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: ridesthemiles

I hope Homan DOES clean house..big time. Denver governor & mayor need to get an education on this problem. I think problems in Denver must be placed a lot on Democrat leadership or lack of same. I won’t go there anymore & I used to go there a lot. It all sounds/seems just too dangerous nowadays.


14 posted on 12/24/2024 2:29:15 PM PST by oldtech
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To: ridesthemiles

I hope Homan DOES clean house..big time. Denver governor & mayor need to get an education on this problem. I think problems in Denver must be placed a lot on Democrat leadership or lack of same. I won’t go there anymore & I used to go there a lot. It all sounds/seems just too dangerous nowadays.


15 posted on 12/24/2024 2:30:14 PM PST by oldtech
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To: george76

Well, then the Aurora Mayor should give a coordinating call to Tom Homan and get these Venezuelans rounded up. That’s all it would take. Have Aurora LE participate in the round-up and Homan takes them of their hands.


16 posted on 12/24/2024 2:40:04 PM PST by Gaffer
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