House conservatives urge Trump admin to declare cartels terror organizations
Nate Madden · February 20, 2019
Drug cartel operations have made a mockery of our laws, flooded our streets with deadly illicit drugs, and endangered our citizens for years; now, two conservative lawmakers want the Trump administration to give them the same treatment as terror groups.
House Freedom Caucus members Mark Green, R-Tenn., and Chip Roy, R-Texas, announced Wednesday that they would send a letter asking Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to designate dangerous drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
The letter claims several cartels already meet the three criteria for FTO designation and makes the case that it would give law enforcement even more tools to combat the cartels’ deadly, dangerous, and destructive operations:
“Numerous drug cartels employ terrorist tactics that clearly fit this definition,†it reads. “These groups use terror to intimidate and advance their agenda. They threaten the stability of governments across the globe.â€
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