GOP Proposes Resolution To Use ‘Full Force’ Of Military Against Cartels
Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) has put forward a resolution arguing that the Mexican drug cartels and criminal organizations have “violated the territorial integrity of the United States,” and thus, they present “a clear and evident danger” to the American people.
“Until such time that the Mexican government finally steps up and squashes the drug cartels who use Mexico as their home base, Congress must give President Trump and Secretary Hegseth the green light to take a sledgehammer to these criminal networks and their supply chains,” Steube argued in a press release about the resolution. “My joint resolution will authorize the Trump administration to use the full force of the American military against the nine largest drug cartels operating out of Mexico.”
Steube’s resolution declares that these cartels and foreign criminal organizations, including the violent gangs MS-13 and Tren de Aragua, “present an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States.”
The resolution states: “Whereas ensuring the territorial integrity, national sovereignty, and protection of the American people against all enemies, foreign and domestic, is of the utmost responsibilities entrusted upon the Armed Forces. The President is authorized to use the Armed Forces of the United States as the President determines necessary and appropriate against the covered cartels, any forces directly coordinated or affiliated with any covered cartel, and any successor organization or forces to any such covered cartel.”
“It is the policy of the United States to ensure the total elimination of these organizations’ presence in the United States and their ability to threaten the territory, safety, and security of the United States through their extraterritorial command-and-control structures, thereby protecting the American people and the territorial integrity of the United States,” the resolution continues.
Steube’s resolution comes soon after the Trump administration announced that eight Mexican cartels or foreign criminal organizations had been designated as foreign terror groups.
“Terrorist designations expose and isolate entities and individuals, denying them access to the U.S. financial system and the resources they need to carry out attacks,” that State Department announcement read.
This news also comes as the Trump administration has been trying to deport illegal alien criminals, gang members, and terrorists, which has been an uphill battle thanks to corrupt, biased leftist judges across the country:
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