ICYMI: Congressman Evans Sounds Off on Dangerous Sanctuary Policies Impacting Public Safety
As the only Latino member of the Colorado delegation, Evans says “This fight is personal”
In case you missed it… As the grandson of Mexican immigrants and a former cop, Congressman Gabe Evans is pushing back on failed sanctuary policies that are harming Colorado’s hardworking families and small businesses. Sanctuary state policies put criminals first, but Congressman Evans works to crack down on dangerous illegal immigrants, make fentanyl a schedule-1 narcotic, and provide resources for local law enforcement.
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Dems' sanctuary policies shield 'gangbangers,' harm Latino families, businesses, says Hispanic GOP lawmaker
July 28, 2025
Hispanics living in Democratic-run jurisdictions are frustrated with sanctuary policies, which they feel are allowing criminal illegal aliens to prey on their communities, according to a Latino congressman from Colorado.
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In an interview with Fox News Digital, Evans, a young Latino and former police officer who represents a district just north of Denver, further confirmed that sanctuary policies in his district are wreaking havoc on both Hispanic lives and businesses.
"In my district, we had one of the first big raids that we saw of the new administration, where over 40 Tren de Aragua gang members and their affiliates were all apprehended by the DEA working in conjunction with other agencies," he said. "We're talking guns and drugs and human trafficking and child abuse … These are the people that have been festering in our society under the sanctuary state policies in Colorado."
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"I have conversations with my local Hispanic business owners with people that are not just major pillars of the Hispanic community, but these are also husbands and wives and moms and dads. And they don't want Tren de Aragua in their communities. They don't want their local businesses, Hispanic-owned businesses, to be burglarized or to have violence."
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"We don't want drug dealers and cartels and criminals and gangbangers in our community," he went on. "So, this emphasis on cracking down on these criminal elements who are not only illegally present in the United States but are committing other crimes is long overdue, and there's a lot of support for that in the Hispanic community."