Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is about to bolster Texas' mission to defend its border with Mexico.
Abbott signed new laws designating drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. In a tweet, the governor added that the emergency legislation would also provide additional support for the Texas National Guard and state law enforcement while increasing penalties for human smuggling, drug smuggling and other forms of organized crime.
Breitbart explains:
During a ceremony in the Texas Capitol, Governor Abbott said, “Today, I am signing six bills from this year's regular session to ensure that Texas can continue to do even more to stop illegal immigration at our southern border and provide new tools to the brave men and women along the southern border to protect Texans and Americans from the chaos and crisis of the border.”
One of those bills, Senate Bill 1900 sponsored by Senator Brian Birdwell (R-Granbury) and Representative Ryan Guillen (R-Rio Grande City), designates drug cartels to be Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs). The bill also adds FTOs to the current Texas intelligence databases and provides authority for local agencies to seek public nuisance claims against them.
“Today, public enemy number one is the Mexican cartels, and they impact every community in Texas and the United States,” Texas Department of Public Safety Director, Colonel Steve McCraw said during the signing ceremony. “Our mission is to detect and interdict transitional criminal activity and create proactive strategies to combat it. It's dangerous to cross between ports of entry, and securing the border between them is ideal to fight Mexican cartels.”
The new law codifies an executive order signed by Abbott in September 2022, Breitbart Texas reported.
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That should have been done when Regan was the president!
It’s too bad the states have to do the federal government’s job. But better late than never.
At least one state is doing something.. Blue states won’t help Americans with the illegals destroying their states. Michigan is a hell hole with illegals who allow to vote.
At least god continues to bless his globalists and his globalist puppets; soros, chester biden, zelensky and his altar boy raping demonrat priests and his CRIMINAL organizations who make hell on earth for all good people; doj, fbi, irs, cdc, usps, fisa, tsa, fda, fcc, cia, un, nato etc .
Justice served but Joe won’t like it because he won’t be getting his kickbacks.
Hooray Yes
Any scumbag operation that targets innocent American citizens, even one or two. should be labeled as a terrorist organization. Bravo. Gov. Abbott for having the cojones to strike back!
Bring back the old hangin’ tree.