Venezuelan gangs are trying to recruit children from migrant families. Here's what the NYPD is doing to stop them.

NEW YORK -- There is growing concern among the police over an increase in Venezuelan gang activity across New York City.

The NYPD believes some gang members are recruiting children living in migrant shelters, and that the members have blended in with the asylum seekers who began to arrive in the Big Apple in 2022.

"Once they commit their crimes they go back to the migrant community, where they assimilate themselves with people that are actually here obeying the laws," NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said.