Rep. Henry Cuellar Urges ICE to Request More Support Staff for Operations

Border Enforcement and Task Forces

• 🚀 The Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST) program, initiated in Laredo, has expanded to over 70 locations and targets cartels involved in drugs and trade.
• 💡 A new Homeland Security Task Force, established by executive order, will unite Department of Justice and Homeland Security resources to combat transnational gangs, fentanyl, illicit drugs, and foreign terrorist organizations.
• 🎯 This task force will focus on threats along the southern and northern borders, as well as maritime interdiction, with recent successes including an indictment for support of terrorism.

Deportation Orders and Enforcement Priorities

• 📌 ICE is actively working on approximately 1.1 million final deportation orders, prioritizing the removal of the