During Thursday’s White House press briefing, senior Trump aid Stephen Miller confirmed that 6 cartels and 2 transnational gangs have officially been designated as terrorists.
“Today it is officially the law of the land … that six Mexican cartels and two transnational gangs … are now formally designated as foreign terrorists organizations,” Mill said.
Tren de Aragua and MS-13 are included in the designation.
“Which means that every single member of those organizations that operate on U.S. soil is now, as a legal matter, a terrorists and they will be treated as a terrorist,” Miller continued. “This is a sea change in U.S. policy. And this means the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security … are now operating in a legal reality where these cartels are recognized as terrorists.”
“And there will be a whole of government effort to remove theses terrorists from our soil and degrade their ability to threaten or undermine any American security or sovereignty interests.”
Miller also spoke about the plummeting border crossings under Trump.
“Border crossings … are down 95%. I think it’s almost impossible to describe the scope and scale of that achievement,” Miller added. “And those that dare to cross are either being prosecuted or deported.”
Watch Miller’s comments below:
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller: "Today, it is officially the law of the land… that 6 Mexican cartels, and 2 transnational gangs—Tren de Aragua and MS-13… are now formally designated as foreign terrorist organizations… This is a sea change in U.S. policy." pic.twitter.com/97XvJVO4Ma
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