The Trump administration filed a lawsuit Friday against Colorado and the city of Denver for providing sanctuary for illegal immigrants, the UK Daily Mail reported. Attorney General Pam Bondi previously pursued legal action against Chicago, Illinois, and Rochester, New York, for the same reason.
The Department of Justice asserted the federal government's authority in immigration law in its legal filing. "The United States has well-established, preeminent, and preemptive authority to regulate immigration matters," the lawsuit said.
Bondi said that the state's lack of cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement violated the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution. The Justice Department attorneys believe that the state's "sanctuary policies" contributed to the gang takeover of an apartment complex in Aurora, Colorado.
Democrats downplayed the fact that the Tren de Aragua gang occupied at least five buildings in The Edge at Lowry in the suburban area just outside of Denver. In February, the structures were condemned due to the dangerous situation the gang's occupation created.
President Donald Trump made illegal immigration a central issue during the campaign. At a presidential debate in September, Trump warned about the dire situation at The Edge at Lowry.
"We have millions of people pouring into our country from prisons and jails, from mental institutions and insane asylums. You see what's happening with towns throughout the United States. You look at Springfield, Ohio. You look at Aurora in Colorado," Trump said at the time, USA Today reported.
"They are taking over the towns. They're taking over buildings. They're going in violently," Trump added before blaming then-President Joe Biden and then-Vice President Kamala Harris for the situation.
"These are the people that she and Biden let into our country, and they're destroying our country. They're dangerous. They're at the highest level of criminality, and we have to get them out," Trump said during the debate with Harris, who was his Democratic opponent.
Although Democrats and their media accomplices attempted to deny this fact at the time, it was announced in January that the buildings would close the following month. This is all because the state chose to protect illegal immigrants over its citizens.
The residents who once called the apartment complex home finally had their say during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on April 1. One of those was Cindy Romero, who was forced out by the rampant and dangerous gang activity.
"I am a wife, a mother of five, a grandmother of three, a part-time worker and student, and a former resident of Aurora, Colorado. I am one of the many victims across the nation of the violent transnational terrorist organization Tren de Aragua and a former lifelong Democrat," she told the committee.
Her testimony was shared on X, formerly Twitter, by Libs of TikTok. "They brought prostitutes, drugs, guns, and crime. The police were instructed to ignore pleas for help. Remember when the media and Democrats said this wasn’t happening?" the caption noted.
Wow. Heartbreaking testimony from an Aurora, CO resident about Tren de Aragua gang members taking over her apartment complex.
They brought pr0stitutes, drugs, guns, and crime.
The police were instructed to ignore pleas for help.
Remember when the media and Democrats said this… pic.twitter.com/dI0vK1NQ9r
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 1, 2025
It's about time the people of Aurora, Colorado, and other sanctuary areas to see justice being served. Much to the chagrin of the Democrats, Bondi will continue to go after these places to right the wrongs, just as voters hoped when pulling the lever for Trump.
