Aurora, Colorado officials are pushing for court approval to evict Venezuelan migrant gangs from local apartment buildings, even as Democrat Gov. Jared Polis downplays the severity of the situation.

Despite video evidence of armed gang members from the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua taking over properties and extorting residents, Gov. Polis and his spokespeople have dismissed the reports as exaggerated. Polis’s spokesman criticized Aurora council member Danielle Jurinsky for raising concerns, suggesting she was tarnishing the city’s reputation.

However, a Department of Homeland Security source confirmed that the men in the viral video are indeed members of the Tren de Aragua gang. Property owners have also reported a surge in crime since the migrants moved in, prompting Aurora’s city attorney to seek a court order declaring the affected properties a “criminal nuisance.”

Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman stated that the goal is to regain control of these properties for their rightful owners.

Meanwhile, Polis attempted to claim that Vice President Harris supports building a wall on the southern border, though her support is widely seen as tied to an unlikely-to-pass Democratic bill, rendering it largely symbolic. Aurora residents, facing the threat of these gangs, are beginning to organize in response to the escalating situation.