Why is PolitiFact covering for the bloodthirst gang Tren de Aragua?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe

November 1, 2024

Former President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign has stoked fear about what he calls "migrant crime," despite a nearly 50-year low in violent crime and studies showing that immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than U.S. citizens. Approaching Election Day, Trump has zeroed in on one group — the Tren de Aragua Venezuelan prison gang.

Trump has falsely claimed the gang has taken over cities including Aurora, Colorado, and he has promised a mass deportation of its members using an 18th century law.

"Aurora probably is an even worse situation. You have the meanest, worst gang from Venezuela in the world, probably maybe as bad or worse than MS-13, and they've literally taken over the town," Trump said in an Oct. 29 speech. "They've taken over large sections of the town. They've gone into the real estate business. They've taken over apartment complex. They took over a number of complexes." La Mara Salvatrucha, aka MS-13, is a gang composed primarily of immigrants or descendants of immigrants from El Salvador, according to the U.S. Justice Department.

Local law enforcement agencies around the U.S. have arrested Tren de Aragua members and charged them with crimes including murder, theft and weapon offenses. But officials have also disputed characterizations that the gang is taking over cities.

Immigration officials have tracked Tren de Aragua gang member apprehensions at the U.S. border and found that four other groups, including MS-13, had more members apprehended there than Tren de Aragua had in fiscal year 2024, which ended Sept. 30.

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https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/nov/01/tren-de-aragua-what-we-know-about-the-venezuelan-g/

Justice Department to Monitor Polls in 27 States for Compliance with Federal Voting Rights Laws

Civil Rights Division Staff Available to Receive Nationwide Reports Throughout Election Day

The Justice Department announced today that it plans to monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws in 86 jurisdictions in 27 states for the Nov. 5 general election.

The Justice Department enforces federal voting rights laws that protect the rights of all eligible citizens to access the ballot. The department regularly deploys its staff to monitor for compliance with federal civil rights laws in elections in communities all across the country.

For the general election, the department will monitor for compliance with federal voting rights laws on Election Day in 86 jurisdictions, including:

Bethel Census Area, Alaska;

Dillingham Census Area, Alaska;

Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska;

North Slope Borough, Alaska;

Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska;

Apache County, Arizona;

Maricopa County, Arizona;

Pima County, Arizona;

Yuma County, Arizona;

San Joaquin County, California;

Broward County, Florida;

Miami-Dade County, Florida;

Orange County, Florida;

Osceola County, Florida;

Cobb County, Georgia;

DeKalb County, Georgia;

Fulton County, Georgia;

Gwinnett County, Georgia;

Macon-Bibb County, Georgia;

Jefferson County, Kentucky;

Kenton County, Kentucky;

City of Everett, Massachusetts;

City of Fitchburg, Massachusetts;

City of Leominster, Massachusetts;

City of Lowell, Massachusetts;

City of Malden, Massachusetts;

City of Methuen, Massachusetts;

City of Quincy, Massachusetts;

City of Salem, Massachusetts;

Prince George’s County, Maryland;

City of Ann Arbor, Michigan;

City of Detroit, Michigan;

City of Flint, Michigan;

City of Grand Rapids, Michigan;

City of Hamtramck, Michigan;

City of Warren, Michigan;

Hennepin County, Minnesota;

City of Minneapolis, Minnesota;

Ramsey County, Minnesota;

Covington County, Mississippi;

Scott County, Mississippi;

Warren County, Mississippi;

City of St. Louis, Missouri;

Blaine County, Montana;

Alamance County, North Carolina;

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina;

Wake County, North Carolina;

Bergen County, New Jersey;

Middlesex County, New Jersey;

Union County, New Jersey;

Bernalillo County, New Mexico;

Cibola County, New Mexico;

Clark County, Nevada;

Queens, New York;

Cuyahoga County, Ohio;

Portage County, Ohio;

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania;

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania;

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania;

City of Pawtucket, Rhode Island;

City of Providence, Rhode Island;

City of Woonsocket, Rhode Island;

Charleston County, South Carolina;

Bennett County, South Dakota;

Jackson County, South Dakota;

Minnehaha County, South Dakota;

Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota;

Atascosa County, Texas;

Bexar County, Texas;

Dallas County, Texas;

Frio County, Texas;

Harris County, Texas;

Hays County, Texas;

Palo Pinto County, Texas;

Waller County, Texas;

San Juan County, Utah;

Hanover County, Virginia;

Henrico County, Virginia;

Loudoun County, Virginia;

City of Manassas, Virginia;

City of Manassas Park, Virginia;

Prince William County, Virginia;

Town of Lawrence (Rusk County), Wisconsin;

City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin;

Town of Thornapple, Wisconsin; and

City of Wausau, Wisconsin.

The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division will coordinate the effort. Monitors will include personnel from the Civil Rights Division, other department divisions, U.S. Attorney’s Offices and federal observers from the Office of Personnel Management. Throughout Election Day, division personnel will maintain contact with state and local election officials.

The Civil Rights Division’s Voting Section enforces the civil provisions of federal statutes that protect the right to vote, including the Voting Rights Act, National Voter Registration Act, Help America Vote Act, Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act and Civil Rights Acts. The division’s Disability Rights Section enforces the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to ensure that persons with disabilities have a full and equal opportunity to vote. The division’s Criminal Section enforces federal criminal statutes that prohibit voter intimidation and voter suppression based on race, color, national origin or religion.

On Election Day, Civil Rights Division personnel will be available all day to receive questions and complaints from the public related to possible violations of federal voting rights laws. Reports may be made through the department’s website www.civilrights.justice.gov or by calling toll-free at 800-253-3931.

Individuals with questions or complaints related to the ADA may call the department’s toll-free ADA information hotline at 800-514-0301 or 833-610-1264 (TTY) or submit a complaint through a link on the department’s ADA website at www.ada.gov.

Complaints related to any disruptions at a polling place should always be reported to local election officials (including officials based in the polling place). Complaints related to violence, threats of violence or intimidation at a polling place should be reported immediately to local police authorities by calling 911. These complaints should also be reported to the department after local authorities have been contacted.

More information about voting and elections, including guidance documents and other resources, is available at www.justice.gov/voting. Learn more about the Voting Rights Act and other federal voting laws at www.justice.gov/crt/voting-section.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-monitor-polls-27-states-compliance-federal-voting-rights-laws

Florida tells DOJ their election monitors are not permitted inside polling place

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida sent a reminder to the U.S. Department of Justice that they are not allowed to send monitors to polling locations after the DOJ sent a press release announcing the planned visits.

The Justice Department announced Friday that it “plans to monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws in 86 jurisdictions in 27 states for the Nov. 5 general election.”

The DOJ said they “regularly deploy” staff to “monitor for compliance with federal civil rights laws in elections in communities all across the country.”

Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd wrote an email to the Deputy Chief at the U.S. Department of Justice Voting Section, Jasmyn Richardson, that said: “As a reminder, Department of Justice monitors are not permitted inside a polling place under Florida law.”

He cited 102.031 (3)(a) of the Florida statutes, which lists those who are allowed inside of a polling place.

“Department of Justice personnel are not included on the list,” he wrote.

“Even if they could qualify as ‘law enforcement’ under section 102.031 (3)(a) of the Florida Statutes, absent some evidence concerning the need for federal intrusion, or some federal statute that preempts Florida law, the presence of federal law enforcement inside polling places would be counterproductive and could potentially undermine confidence in the election,” he said.

Byrd said the state has “already invoked its authority under section 101.58(2) of the Florida statutes to send its own monitors to the jurisdictions identified in your press release.”

He said these monitors will “ensure that there is no interference with the voting process.”

https://flvoicenews.com/florida-tells-doj-their-monitors-are-not-permitted-inside-polling-place/#google_vignette

Georgia county says more than 3,000 absentee ballots being mailed late just days before election

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Georgia's third-largest county is running late in mailing more than 3,000 absentee ballots to voters just a few days before the election.

To deliver the ballots on time, election officials in Cobb County north of Atlanta were using U.S. Postal Service express mail and UPS overnight delivery, and sending the ballots with prepaid express return envelopes.

“We want to maintain voter trust by being transparent about the situation,” county Board of Elections Chairwoman Tori Silas said in a statement Thursday. “We are taking every possible step to get these ballots to the voters who requested them."

Silas blamed the delay on faulty equipment and a late surge in absentee ballot requests during the week before the Oct. 25 deadline.

However, a judge ruled Friday that Cobb County voters receiving their absentee ballots late can return them by Nov. 8, three days after Election Day, as long as they're postmarked by Tuesday, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

The ruling came after the American Civil Liberties Union and the Southern Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit seeking to extend the deadline.

Georgia voters have shattered early turnout records since advance voting began Oct. 15. As of Friday afternoon, more than 3.8 million ballots, reflecting more than half the state's active voters, had been cast, according to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office. The tally includes more than 238,000 absentees.

In Cobb County, election officials said voters whose awaiting absentee ballots were late could still vote in-person on the final day of early voting Friday or on Tuesday. The county's election headquarters planned to stay open to accept hand-delivered absentees through the weekend and on Monday.

However, the Board of Elections said that more than 1,000 of the absentee ballots being mailed late were being sent to people outside of Georgia.

A county spokesperson, Ross Cavitt, declined to comment Friday on what number, if any, of the late ballots still needed to be mailed, citing pending litigation.

The civil rights groups' lawsuit was filed on behalf of three Cobb County voters who said they still had not received absentee ballots by mail as of Friday. The lawsuit said that although county election officials “have taken some steps to help alleviate the problem, those actions are not nearly enough to safeguard their right to vote.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/georgia-county-says-more-3-164325070.html

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>>21880408

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>>21880434

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>>21880472

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