As crime continues to surge in Aurora, Colorado, a city now plagued by violence from Venezuelan illegal immigrant gangs, one resident is speaking out—and she’s had enough. Cindy Romero, who was forced to leave her apartment due to escalating gang violence, is calling out the mainstream media and local officials for their dismissive attitude toward the crisis that’s tearing her community apart.
Romero’s frustration is palpable. “I feel like it’s a slap in the face,” she said, voicing the anger of many law-abiding citizens who are watching their neighborhoods descend into chaos. “How many gangs is okay to have in Aurora? How many properties is okay to take over? How many people, who are citizens paying their bills, is it okay to displace?”
Her comments come amid a broader national debate over the consequences of Vice President Kamala Harris’s disastrous handling of the southern border, which has seen waves of illegal immigrants—including violent criminals—enter the U.S. unchecked. The Trump-Vance campaign has rightfully drawn attention to Aurora as a prime example of how lax immigration policies are endangering American citizens. But instead of facing the facts, the liberal media seems determined to downplay the severity of the situation.
Just this past weekend, Republican Vice Presidential Candidate JD Vance found himself in a heated exchange with ABC News host Martha Raddatz, who tried to brush off concerns about Venezuelan gangs in Aurora. When Vance raised the alarming issue, Raddatz interrupted him, stating, “The incidents were limited to a handful of apartment complexes, and the mayor said, ‘Our dedicated police officers have acted on those concerns.’ A handful of problems.”
Vance didn’t hold back, firing back with the obvious truth. “Martha, do you hear yourself? Only a handful of apartment complexes in America were taken over by Venezuelan gangs, and Donald Trump is the problem and not Kamala Harris’s open border?” he retorted, calling out the absurdity of downplaying such a serious threat to American safety.
For Romero, the situation is all too real. She described how gang members, armed and patrolling her apartment complex, made daily life impossible. “I was pushed out of my apartment by gang activity,” Romero explained. “People carrying guns in the hallway and patrolling their grounds with guns.”
Romero isn’t just angry at the media; she feels abandoned by local leadership as well. “I feel like the mayor, the governor, and the [police] all downplay the situation,” she said, echoing concerns that local officials are more interested in protecting their political image than in addressing the crisis.
Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman, a Republican, has acknowledged the problem but laid the blame squarely at the feet of federal leadership and neighboring Denver’s sanctuary city policies, which have attracted waves of illegal immigrants. In a recent interview, Coffman explained that Aurora is a “victim” of failed federal immigration policies. “We did everything we could to, quite frankly, keep them out of the city because it’s not our problem. This is a federal problem,” he said.
Coffman is right. The chaos in Aurora is a direct consequence of the Biden-Harris administration’s open-border policies and the dangerous sanctuary city laws that prioritize illegal immigrants over the safety of American citizens. Aurora residents like Cindy Romero deserve better, and it’s time the media and politicians stop ignoring their plight. It’s time to secure our borders and restore order to American communities before it’s too late.
