In just over a year, the Tren de Aragua gang, originally from Venezuela, has established a significant presence in New York City. This violent organization has taken advantage of the migrant crisis to create a criminal enterprise operating from within city shelters.

They’re taking over hotels, they’re taking over apartment complexes. That’s their MO,” one law enforcement source told The Post.

Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday said the state is launching a crackdown on Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang that has drawn national attention and that the Texas Republican likened to “MS-13 on steroids.” Abbott declared the gang a foreign terrorist organization and directed the state’s Department of Public Safety to ramp up efforts to halt its operations in Texas.

A hotel in Texas may be shut down by local officials after years of illegal activity from possible Tren de Aragua gang members occurred on the property.

( NewsNation) — It started in a prison in the Venezuelan state of Aragua nearly a decade ago. Now, the gang known as “Tren de Aragua” (TDA) has expanded into what the Justice Department calls a “transnational criminal organization” with branches in most of the Western Hemisphere.

Octavia Mitchell, founder of non-profit organization Heal Your Heart, joins 'America Reports' to discuss the impact of gang activity after losing three family members to gun violence.