House conservatives urge Trump admin to declare cartels terror organizations

[Chosen Daughter]

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.”

https://www.conservativereview.com/news/house-conservatives-urge-trump-admin-declare-cartels-terror-organizations/

[libertybele]

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.”

https://www.conservativereview.com/news/house-conservatives-urge-trump-admin-declare-cartels-terror-organizations/

Certainly would be more advantageous than declaring the NY Times an enemy!! 

[Chosen Daughter]

Certainly would be more advantageous than declaring the NY Times an enemy!!

Ridiculous.  So much going on and he is more concerned about his ego.

[libertybele]

Ridiculous.  So much going on and he is more concerned about his ego.

Exactly. We'll shall see if indeed he does the right thing on this issue.

[txradioguy]

Well when you look at what the definition of terrorism is...the Narco Cartels in Mexico and Central America certainly fit the bill.

It would almost be like what went on in Clancy's novel Clear and Present Danger.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Ridiculous.  So much going on and he is more concerned about his ego.

None of what is going on now vis-a-vis the border and drug cartels would even be on the radar --- if not for Donald Trump.  So, please, every now and just skip the snark.

[Bill Cipher]

Now that would make some sense. 

[libertybele]

None of what is going on now vis-a-vis the border and drug cartels would even be on the radar --- if not for Donald Trump.  So, please, every now and just skip the snark.

Some of us have known what's been going on at the border for quite sometime and people refused to believe it.  Yes, you are correct, during his presidency he has brought some awareness to the 'happenings' at the border and indeed I give him credit for that. I see him remarking about the NY times as an enemy as inconsequential, as our true enemies are at the border.

I also give the leftists credit for denying or downplaying what is happening at the border. They get that prize.