That building has been a problem for years, mountains of garbage, rats, sewage, no electricity …. We’ve been working with this building and its owners for a very long time. I mean, I they’re they’re out-of-state slumlords, and they haven’t maintained the building.

being taken over by the migrant gangs, and the illegal workers have to pay upwards. I equate this almost to the 1920s, 1930s Mafia trend [of protection rackets]: You give them a part of your salary, and you’re alright. The police won’t do anything. Nobody will do anything.

This comes straight from a high-ranking law enforcement official who told me: When they put you through the academies, you are not taught … immigration law. You know burglary, robberies, homicide. You don’t know these [immigration] laws and it takes a scholar to keep up with the laws because a lot of them change. Every [migrant] has got a cell phone, everybody’s got a camera, and law enforcement officers are afraid they’ll be prosecuted by the left.

The property owners have invested hundreds of thousands of dollars into repairing and upgrading the building in the past several years, and on November 2, 2023, we received a full code compliance sign-off on our improvements, with the next inspection scheduled for July 2024. Over the course of due process, and given our inability to have a presence at the building due to the danger, we received no prior notice of the July 2024 inspection ever taking place. It is irresponsible to categorize this act of organized terror as the result of code violations when it is understood by several local and federal agencies that this gang has overtaken several apartment complexes in the area.

We would like to be able to resume normal operations at our buildings, but we cannot do so under the threat of present and immediate danger against residents, staff, and management. This is an issue our city needs to face head-on with law enforcement and the further support of our state and country’s leaders to protect affected tenants, the surrounding communities, and Americans across the nation.”