Rep. Westerman on Trump's Border Policies and Tribal Security

Trump Administration's Border Policies

• 📌 President Trump's Executive Order 14157 designated cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs), empowering law enforcement with additional tools.
• 🎯 These FTO designations block cartels from the US financial system, prohibit material support, and enable global investigations and sanctions.
• 📈 Westerman highlighted the 'astounding' results of Trump's policies, citing a 99.99% decrease in illegal migrant crossings and a 93% drop in daily border encounters.
• 📉 Fentanyl trafficking at the southern border has fallen by 54%, with significant seizures of the drug.

Impact on Tribal Communities

• ⚠️ Tribal nations faced threats from foreign criminal cartels, with leaders' lives endangered for speaking out.
• ⚖️ The enhanced border policies are credited with making tribal communities more secure and safer.
• 🤝 A joint DEA and BIA task force on the Yakama Nation reservation seized substantial amounts of drugs and firearms, disrupting trafficking routes.

Future Actions and Collaboration

• 🚀 The time is right for law enforcement to forcefully confront drug and violence associated with cartel presence in tribal communities.
• 💰 New border security funding and tools from FTO designations are crucial for this confrontation.
• ✅ Westerman looks forward to hearing from witnesses about progress made and further actions to protect tribal communities.