Rep. Crenshaw bill would ramp up federal penalties for Mexican cartels, crack down on finances
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A bill by Rep. Dan Crenshaw would target the finances of Mexican drug cartels, while also increasing federal penalties for those involved in related crimes.
The bill, "Declaring War on the Cartels Act," would add to existing language in the U.S. code that targets criminal street gangs in order to target transnational criminal organizations that are involved in smuggling drugs and illegal migrants into the U.S. across the southern border. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
The bill would make it punishable by up to 20 years for members of such organizations who are involved in crimes related to drugs, violence, fraud, human smuggling, immigration crimes and sex trafficking. It would also make cartel members and their family inadmissible to the U.S. and allow for the revocation of naturalized citizenship and green cards for those convicted of such activity. He can be reached at adam.shaw2@fox.com or on Twitter.