Why let people in that you fear? The Daily Caller on Monday, April 21. 2025 published this headline, “Democrat Judge Resigns After Suspected Tren De Aragua Gangbanger Arrested At His Home.”
Dona Ana County Magistrate Judge Jose “Joel” Cano resigned from the bench shortly after Cristhian Ortega-Lopez was arrested by federal authorities in March, according to the Albuquerque Journal. Ortega-Lopez, a 23-year-old Venezuelan national, is accused of being an illegal migrant in possession of firearms and having affiliations with Tren de Aragua, an international criminal syndicate and U.S.-designated terrorist organization.
The Justice Department in March confirmed federal authorities executed search warrants on four different illegal migrants in New Mexico for unlawful possession of firearms and other related offenses. Ortega-Lopez and three other Venezuelan illegal migrants were arrested in the operation.
“Ortega-Lopez, an illegal alien from Venezuela suspected of being affiliated with Tren de Aragua, was allegedly residing with other illegal aliens in Las Cruces and had been in possession of firearms,” the Justice Department said in a press release. “The investigators determined Ortega-Lopez had entered the U.S. illegally on December 15, 2023, and was released pending removal proceedings.”
“Social media evidence showed Ortega-Lopez in possession of multiple firearms at a shooting range in Las Cruces,” the Justice Department continued.
The arrests — which were executed as part of a joint operation between the Justice Department, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — uncovered multiple loaded firearms in their possession, including pistols, revolvers, shotguns and rifles. It is unlawful for any illegal migrant to be in possession of a gun in the U.S.
“Why would you fear the people you allowed into America?” said Thomas Robb, National Director of the Knights Party of the Ku Klux Klan, based in Harrison, Arkansas. “It’s ironic how the people that allowed these gang members into America now fear them. I thought these were people fleeing their homeland out of fear of their government? That’s what we were told by the Biden Administration. Even if Judge Jose Cano didn’t personally want our borders wide open for these gangs, why belong to a Party that not only supported it, but lied to American citizens about who was actually entering our country? My question to these cowards is was it worth it to try to buy votes? Democrats didn’t win any votes, and now they have to live in the same fear as law abiding citizens. This is just another idiotic idea the Democrats came up with that now we are all paying for, Democrats included.”
