Trump Administration's 'Total Elimination' Strategy Against Cartels and Border Security

Trump Administration's Cartel Sanctions

• 🎯 The Trump administration is intensifying its fight against drug cartels, with the Treasury Department sanctioning two high-ranking members of Cartel Delorstee (CDN).
• ⚠️ CDN was previously labeled a foreign terrorist organization by the State Department, highlighting the severity of their actions.
• 🗣️ Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant stated the goal is the "total elimination of cartels" to enhance American safety and hold terrorists accountable for criminal activities and violence.
• 💰 The sanctions aim to cut off cartels' access to drugs, money, and guns that fuel their operations.

Border Security and Deterrence

• 🛡️ National Border Patrol Council President Paul Perez described the sanctions as a "full frontal assault" on cartels.
• 📈 He contrasted the current situation under Trump with the Biden administration, emphasizing that Trump's policies allow agents to focus on border protection and interdiction rather than processing illegal immigrants.
• 📉 Daily apprehensions at the US-Mexico border reportedly dropped by 93% in the past month due to these policy changes and consequences.

Immigration Policy and ICE Funding

• 🇺🇸 Congresswoman Nancy Mace highlighted that the border is the quietest it's been in modern history due to Trump's executive policy changes.
• 💰 A House-passed spending bill aims to significantly increase funding for ICE, potentially adding 10,000 more personnel to the existing 5,500 deportation officers.
• ⚖️ Mace noted challenges with "activist judges" hindering the deportation of violent criminals, including murderers and rapists.

Sanctuary Cities and Federal Funding

• 🚫 The Trump administration intends to pull federal funding from sanctuary cities that harbor illegal immigrants.
• 💸 Former DHS senior adviser Charles Marino argued that sanctuary city policies contradict common sense and endanger communities and the US.
• 🛑 Mace advocates for defunding any sanctuary city, county, or state that aids and abets violent criminal illegal gang members and cartels.