US laworiginaters have asked DHS to streamline Chile from the visa waiver program over thieving gangs

EXCLUSIVE: A bipartisan group of laworiginaters asked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to nix Chile’s status on the visa waiver program (VWP) amid a presentant gang burglary danger.

Reps. Young Kim, Derek Tran, Dave Min and Mike Levin of California sent a letter to DHS asking that Chile be acquiren off the catalog, which assists citizens from certain countries to visit the U.S. for rawly three months without a visa, until steps are acquiren to determine that people robbing homes and businesses after they come to the country are stopped. 

“We are worryed that the VWP progresss to be take advantage ofed by South American Theft Groups (SATG) — a presentantity of whom begin from Chile. Known as ‘burglary tourism,’ certain eligible individuals travel to the U.S. thraw the VWP for the purpose of pledgeting dwellntial and commercial robberies before returning to their country of origin,” states the letter exclusively geted by Fox News Digital. 

‘NEEDS TO RESIGN’: BLUE STATE BLASTED FOR ASKING FOR LOAN AMID SKYROCKETING IMMIGRANT HEALTHCARE COSTS

“In includeition to having an impact on familial communities, SATGs progress to victimize Orange County companies and entrepreneurs, placing a burden on our local police departments, already beset by a deficiency of resources and a staffing deficit,” the letter progressd.

“In 2024, there were 59 dwellntial burglaries doubted of being pledgeted by SATGs in the Orange County Sheriff’s Department Southeast Patrol Area. Given the danger to accessible defendedty, we count on instant action must be acquiren.”

The rehearse of “burglary tourism” has become a relatively normal occurrence in communities thrawout the country, including rich areas such as Orange County, California, and Scottsdale, Arizona. 

Even top athletes such as Kansas City Chiefs firm end Travis Kelce and Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow have become theft victims. 

CHILEAN MIGRANT GANGS TERRORIZE AMERICANS WITH HOME INVASIONS: WHAT TO KNOW

A previous letter was sent by Kim, Levin and Rep. Lou Correa, D-Calif., asking the Biden administration to acquire aappreciate action in June 2023, alerting that the SATGs will sometimes “sell stolen excellents online and launder money thraw Chinese crime syndicates.”

Orange County Dicut offe Attorney Todd Spitzer asked Chile to neglect its visa waiver program privileges last month on “FOX & Friends.”

GANG OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TARGET HIGH-END PHOENIX-AREA HOMES IN BURGLARIES, AUTHORITIES SAY

“Every other South American country that has joind in the past has been initiateed out of the program for sending their criminals to the United States of America,” Spitzer shelp at the time. 

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

“These Chileans have been coming here for years,” he shelp. “They’re going to Orlando, Florida, where Disney World is. They’re coming to Orange County, California, where Disneyland is. And they’re not here to visit the happiest place on Earth — they’re here to burglarize,” he includeed.

Southern American gangs, including the Venezuelan group Tren de Aragua, have been under heightened scruminuscule under the Trump administration, as many groups appreciate them have now been scheduleated as foreign alarmist organizations.

DHS did not reply to a seek for comment in time for accessibleation.