Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie told South Carolina voters, that if elected president, he would give the president of Mexico 90 days to help stop the drug cartels in his country. “If I’m elected president on my first day, I will sign an executive order that sends the National Guard to the border,” Mr….

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a raft of border security bills on Thursday, including a bill designating drug cartels as terrorist organizations. Last September, Abbott issued an executive order to designate drug cartels as terrorist organizations and direct resources to counter these groups. The bill Abbott signed on Thursday, SB 1900, expands his prior…

The Mexican government and some blue state leaders are appealing the dismissal of a $10 billion lawsuit holding U.S. gunmakers liable for gun crime south of the border. In a statement (pdf) released Thursday, May 19, 2023, Montana’s Attorney General Austin Knudsen said he is leading a coalition of 20 attorneys general to defend the…

In this episode of International Reporters Roundtable, we go down to southern Texas and the U.S.–Mexico border, where tens of thousands of migrants from all over the world have been amassing and crossing illegally into the United States, roughly 10,000 per day now, as Title 42 finally expired. The law was enacted to protect the…

Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has endorsed the idea of designating drug cartels as terrorist organizations and embedding at least “some” military forces at the border to facilitate efforts to secure the U.S. border against those cartels. McCarthy discussed ways to combat the cartel during an interview last month with Breitbart News, which the publication…

Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and John Kennedy (R-La.) made a statement about the importance of designating Mexican drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and authorizing the U.S. military to retaliate. The senators argued in their March 8 press briefing that these cartels are responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans every year and…

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R- S.C.) speaks about fighting against fentanyl and Mexican drug cartels at 12:00 p.m. ET on March 8. …

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R- S.C.) speaks about fighting against fentanyl and Mexican drug cartels at 12:00 p.m. ET on March 8. …

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R- S.C.) speaks about fighting against fentanyl and Mexican drug cartels at 12:00 p.m. ET on March 8. …

Commentary Officially recognizing narcotrafficking as a national security threat and narcotraffickers as international terrorist organizations would allow the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense to coordinate securing the U.S. southern border and arresting those who enable narcotrafficking. In his State of the Union address delivered on Feb. 7, President Joe Biden identified…