Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Best political cartoons: We hate America … but we’re not going back! February 4, 2025 | BPR Cartoons | Print Article

 

Best political cartoons: We hate America … but we’re not going back!

February 4, 2025 |  |  Print Article

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El-Salvador offers to take any criminals from US into jails for small price, including Americans February 4, 2025 | Vivek Saxena | Print Article

 

El-Salvador offers to take any criminals from US into jails for small price, including Americans

February 4, 2025 |  |  Print Article

El Salvador has agreed to import and imprison illegal aliens of any nationality from the United States, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Rubio on Monday announced the deal after a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, saying the deal is “the most unprecedented, extraordinary, extraordinary migratory agreement anywhere in the world.”

“We can send them [the illegals] and he [Bukele] will put them in his jails,” Rubio added. “And he’s also offered to do the same for dangerous criminals currently in custody and serving their sentences in the United States even though they’re US citizens or legal residents.”

The only catch is that Bukele intends to charge a “relatively low” fee for the Trump administration to use his prisons.

“The fee would be relatively low for the U.S. but significant for us, making our entire prison system sustainable,” he explained in a tweet.

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The prison he mentioned, the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), is notoriously harsh.

“Overcrowding constitutes a serious threat to prisoners’ health and lives,” a State Department travel advisory for El Salvador notes. “In many facilities, provisions for sanitation, potable water, ventilation, temperature control, and lighting are inadequate or nonexistent.”

Learn more about the prison below:

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As for the added idea of also sending U.S. citizens convicted of heinous crimes to El Salvador, President Donald Trump previously expressed interest in exactly that.

“We also have many violent criminals in our country, however, that did not necessarily come here illegally but have been arrested 30 times, 35 times, 41, 42 times … for murder [and] other heinous charges,” he said last week in a speech to House Republicans.

“I don’t want these violent repeat offenders in our country any more than I want illegal aliens from other countries in. This is subject to getting it approved, but if they’ve been arrested many, many times [and] they’re repeat offenders by many numbers, I want them out of our country. I also will be seeking permission to do so. We’re going to get approval, hopefully, to get them the hell out of our country,” he added.

Leftists have of course already begun crying foul over all this.

Roman Palomares, the National President and Chairman of the Board of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), whined to CNN that it was “a sad day for America.”

He added that his group “opposes treating deported non-criminal migrants like cattle who can be shuttled from one country to another without regard to their home of origin.”

Leftist Emerson College professor Mneesha Gellman claimed the deal violates the law.

“It is a bizarre and unprecedented proposal being made potentially between two authoritarian, populist, right-wing leaders seeking a transactional relationship,” she complained to CNN. “It’s not rooted in any sort of legal provision and likely violates a number of international laws relating to the rights of migrants.”

Meanwhile, everyday American citizens celebrated.

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Mexican cartels fight crackdown, target Border Patrol agents with explosive drones February 4, 2025 | Kevin Haggerty | Print Article

 

Mexican cartels fight crackdown, target Border Patrol agents with explosive drones

February 4, 2025 |  |  Print Article

A new kind of drone scare has officials warning Border Patrol agents “to remain cognizant of their surroundings” as increased pressure is applied to cartels.

(Video Credit: NewsNation)

Upon returning to the White House, President Donald Trump launched a no-nonsense approach to restoring American sovereignty by applying pressure on neighbors for support, deploying military assets, and declaring the cartels foreign terrorist organizations.

Weeks after people nationwide had been captivated by what has since been revealed to be FAA-authorized drones during the waning days of the Biden administration “for research and various other reasons,” an “Officer Safety Alert” memo issued to U.S. Border Patrol agents warned of explosive-armed drones being deployed by the cartels.

First reported by NewsNation, the New York Post shared the content of the memo that read, “On February 1, 2025, the El Paso Sector Intelligence and Operations Center (EPT-IOC) received information advising that Mexican cartel leaders have authorized the deployment of drones equipped with explosives to be used against US Border Patrol agents and US military personnel currently working along the border with Mexico.”

“It is recommended that all US Border Patrol agents and DoD personnel working along the border report any sighting of drones to their respective leadership staff and the EPT-IOC,” the memo added.


Referencing the reporting by NewsNation correspondent Ali Bradley, Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson Lt. Chris Olivarez joined “The Hill on NewsNation” to address the threat.

“That reporting by Ali really shows how the cartels have evolved over the years, how they’ve been able to increase their communications; technology,” he told Blake Burman. “Now with these drones that are having capabilities of actually dropping explosives, really shows how much more these cartels have evolved and the threat level has increased even more so now. Not just between rival cartels and the military in Mexico. It’s also threats against law enforcement.”

Olivarez added that the U.S. military, law enforcement, and its Mexican counterparts would have to work together, but he added that Mexico should put as much focus on its southern border as its northern border while taking steps to directly go after the cartels.

The Texas DPS official’s comments came as Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to deploy 10,000 soldiers to the U.S.-Mexico border to aid against drug trafficking in order to see a pause on the imposition of a 25% tariff amid ongoing negotiations.

Meanwhile, in one of Utah Sen. Mike Lee’s (R) history-laced threads, the suggestion was made to turn to the U.S. Constitution and begin to grant letters of marque and reprisal to allow private citizens, namely well-trained security firms and the like, to embark on missions to aid in stopping the cartels.

“Congress could issue letters of marque and reprisal authorizing private security firms or specially trained civilians to intercept cartel operations, particularly those involving drug shipments or human trafficking across borders,” wrote the senator on X as he suggested it would reduce the burden on taxpayers because privateers were paid by receiving a portion of their spoils. “Focus on disrupting supply lines, capturing high-value targets, or seizing assets like boats, vehicles, cash, gold, or equipment used in criminal activities.”

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