FIRST ON FOX: A House Republican from Colorado is pushing the Biden administration to crack down on the presence of illegal immigrants involved with gangs inside the U.S.
It comes after allegations that an organized criminal group from Venezuela supposedly took over an apartment complex in Aurora.
Rep. Greg Lopez, R-Colo., whose 4th congressional district neighbors the one where the Denver suburb is located, introduced a new bill this week that, if passed, would compel the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary to issue detainers for migrants who are known by law enforcement to be affiliated with a gang.
It is one of several bills House Republicans have introduced since reports of crime by illegal immigrants have piled up in cities and towns across the U.S.
Illegal immigrants have been accused in multiple high-profile killings in the U.S. this year, including Laken Riley and Jocelyn Nungaray.
In Colorado, Denver law firm Perkins Coie released a report this week that said the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua has a "stranglehold" on Whispering Pines Apartments in Aurora.
Meanwhile, Aurora law enforcement officials are denying that there has been a gang takeover.
"We've been talking to the residents here and learning from them to find out what exactly is going on, and there's definitely a different picture," Interim Aurora Police Chief Heather Morris said in a Facebook video, according to USA Today. "I'm not saying that there's not gang members that don't live in this community."
Fox News Digital reached out to DHS and the city of Aurora for comment on Lopez's letter and bill, respectively.